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Title Hereditary hearing loss and its syndromes / edited by Helga V. Toriello, Shelley D. Smith
Edition 3rd ed
Published Oxford : Oxford University Press, ©2013

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Description 1 online resource
Series Oxford monographs on medical genetics ; 63
Oxford monographs on medical genetics ; no. 63.
Contents Genetic hearing loss : a brief history -- Epidemiology, etiology, genetic mechanisms, and genetic counseling -- Embryology of the mammalian ear -- Gene/environment interactions in acquired hearing loss -- Syndrome diagnosis and investigation in the hearing-impaired patient -- Genetic hearing loss with no associated abnormities -- Genetic hearing loss associated with external ear abnormalities -- Eye disorders -- Genetic hearing loss associated with musculoskeletal disorders -- Genetic hearing loss associated with renal disorders -- Genetic hearing loss associated with neurologic and neuromuscular disorders -- Genetics hearing loss associated with cardiac abnormalities -- Genetic hearing loss associated with endocrine disorders -- Genetic hearing loss associated with metabolic disorders -- Integumentary disorders -- Oral and dental disorderss -- Chromosome disorders
Summary This is the third edition of the foremost medical reference on hereditary hearing loss. Chapters on epidemiology, embryology, non-syndromic hearing loss, and syndromic forms of hearing loss have all been updated with particular attention to the vast amount of new information on molecular mechanisms, and chapters on clinical and molecular diagnosis and on genetic susceptibility to ototoxic factors have been added
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Print version record
Subject Deafness -- Genetic aspects.
Hearing disorders -- Genetics
Hearing Disorders -- genetics
Abnormalities, Multiple -- genetics
HEALTH & FITNESS -- Hearing & Speech.
MEDICAL -- Audiology & Speech Pathology.
Deafness -- Genetic aspects
Form Electronic book
Author Toriello, Helga V
Smith, Shelley D., 1949-
LC no. 2012049476
ISBN 9780199313884
0199313881
1299708889
9781299708884