A Genome-Wide Association Study of Age-Related Hearing Impairment in Middle- and Old-Aged Chinese Twins

Background. Age-related hearing impairment (ARHI) is considered an unpreventable disorder. We aimed to detect specific genetic variants that are potentially related to ARHI via genome-wide association study (GWAS). Methods. A sample of 131 dizygotic twins was genotyped for single-nucleotide polymorp...

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Main Authors: Haiping Duan, Wanxue Song, Weijing Wang, Hainan Cao, Bingling Wang, Yan Liu, Chunsheng Xu, Yili Wu, Zengchang Pang, Dongfeng Zhang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2021-01-01
Series:BioMed Research International
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2021/3629624