Genetic susceptibility to bilateral tinnitus in a Swedish twin cohort.

Iris Lianne MaasPetra BrüggemannTeresa RequenaJan BullaNiklas K Edvall Jacob V B Hjelmborg Agnieszka J SzczepekBarbara CanlonBirgit MazurekJose A Lopez-EscamezChristopher R Cederroth

Published in: Genetics in medicine : official journal of the American College of Medical Genetics (2017)

Unlike unilateral tinnitus, bilateral tinnitus is influenced by genetic factors and might constitute a genetic subtype. Overall, our study provides the initial evidence for a tinnitus phenotype with a genetic influence.Genet Med advance online publication 23 March 2017.

Keyphrases

genome wide
copy number
hearing loss
healthcare