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SUBMITTER: Roth SM
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2581796 | biostudies-literature | 2008
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Journal of vestibular research : equilibrium & orientation 20080101 1
<h4>Background</h4>Approximately 5% of patients administered gentamicin (GM), an aminoglycoside antibiotic, experience vestibular ototoxicity resulting in balance dysfunction. In the present study, we sought to identify susceptibility genes associated with GM-induced vestibular dysfunction using a case/control design.<h4>Methods</h4>White cases (n=137; 55 men, 82 women) were recruited based on physician-confirmed unilateral or bilateral vestibular dysfunction attributed to GM administration. Con ...[more]