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Metabolic Syndrome as a Risk Factor for Sensorineural Hearing Loss in Adult Patients with Turner Syndrome.

Francisco Álvarez-NavaMarcia Racines-OrbeJulia WittSilvia Jessica Guarderas-MuñozYosselin VicuñaMaría EstévezRoberto Lanes
Published in: The application of clinical genetics (2020)
MetS and its individual components were associated factors for SNHL in TS subjects. A reduction in the number and severity of the components of MetS might potentially contribute to decreasing the progression of SNHL at younger ages, but further studies will be needed to explain the underlying pathological mechanism connecting MetS and SNHL.
Keyphrases
  • metabolic syndrome
  • insulin resistance
  • case report
  • uric acid
  • cardiovascular disease
  • growth hormone