Konigsmark-Hollander-Berlin syndrome

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Non-progrediating impairment of hearing in the inner ear in combination with atopic dermatitis.

Description

Non-progrediating inner-ear impairment of hearing in combination with atopic dermatitis.

Bibliography

  • B. W. Konigsmark, C. I. Berlin, M. B. Hollander, V. A. McKusick:
    Study of familial deafness: Hearing loss associated with dermatitis.
    Excerpta med Int Congr Series No 175 (Progress in Neurogenetics. Vol I of the 2. Internat Congr of neuro-Genetics and Neuro-Ophthalmology, Montreal. 1967.
  • B. W. Konigsmark, M. B. Hollander, C. I. Berlin:
    Familial neural hearing loss and atopic dermatitis.
    Journal of the American Medical Association, Chicago, 1968, 204: 953-957.

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