Laboratory assessment of sudden sensorineural hearing loss: A case-control study

2017 ◽  
Vol 127 (10) ◽  
pp. 2375-2381 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tommaso Fasano ◽  
Thelma A. Pertinhez ◽  
Lorenzo Tribi ◽  
Daniela Lasagni ◽  
Annalisa Pilia ◽  
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2017 ◽  
Vol 127 (11) ◽  
pp. E421-E421
Author(s):  
Tommaso Fasano ◽  
Annalisa Pilia ◽  
Luigi Vecchia ◽  
Thelma A. Pertinhez ◽  
Daniela Lasagni ◽  
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2014 ◽  
Vol 125 (1) ◽  
pp. E28-E32 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gabriella Cadoni ◽  
Eleonora Gaetani ◽  
Pasqualina M. Picciotti ◽  
Dario Arzani ◽  
Miriam Quarta ◽  
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2015 ◽  
Vol 2015 ◽  
pp. 1-10 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alessandro Castiglione ◽  
Andrea Ciorba ◽  
Claudia Aimoni ◽  
Elisa Orioli ◽  
Giulia Zeri ◽  
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Background. Even if various pathophysiological events have been proposed as explanations, the putative cause of sudden hearing loss remains unclear.Objectives. To investigate and to reveal associations (if any) between the main iron-related gene variants and idiopathic sudden sensorineural hearing loss.Study Design. Case-control study.Materials and Methods. A total of 200 sudden sensorineural hearing loss patients (median age 63.65 years; range 10–92) were compared with 400 healthy control subjects. The following genetic variants were investigated: the polymorphism c.−8CG in the promoter of the ferroportin gene (FPN1;SLC40A1), the two isoforms C1 and C2 (p.P570S) of the transferrin protein (TF), the amino acidic substitutions p.H63D and p.C282Y in the hereditary hemochromatosis protein (HFE), and the polymorphism c.–582AG in the promoter of theHEPCgene, which encodes the protein hepcidin (HAMP).Results. The homozygous genotype c.−8GG of theSLC40A1gene revealed an OR for ISSNHL risk of 4.27 (CI 95%, 2.65–6.89;P=0.001), being overrepresented among cases.Conclusions. Our study indicates that the homozygous genotypeFPN1−8GG was significantly associated with increased risk of developing sudden hearing loss. These findings suggest new research should be conducted in the field of iron homeostasis in the inner ear.


PLoS ONE ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. e0148149 ◽  
Author(s):  
Abbas Mirvakili ◽  
Mohammad Hossein Dadgarnia ◽  
Mohammad Hossein Baradaranfar ◽  
Saeid Atighechi ◽  
Vahid Zand ◽  
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