Prevalence of Fabry disease in men with tinnitus and sensorineural hearing loss

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Alternative codes found

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Result on the web

<a href="https://jab.zsf.jcu.cz/artkey/jab-202101-0006_prevalence-of-fabry-disease-in-men-with-tinnitus-and-sensorineural-hearing-loss.php" target="_blank" >https://jab.zsf.jcu.cz/artkey/jab-202101-0006_prevalence-of-fabry-disease-in-men-with-tinnitus-and-sensorineural-hearing-loss.php</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.32725/jab.2021.003" target="_blank" >10.32725/jab.2021.003</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Prevalence of Fabry disease in men with tinnitus and sensorineural hearing loss

Original language description

Fabry disease (FD) is a lysosomal storage disorder caused by pathogenic mutations in the alpha-galactosidase A (AGALA) encoding gene region. This rare disease affects several organs induding the cochlea-vestibular system. Tinnitus and sensorineural hearing loss (SNHL) are reported among otoneurological symptoms. Early and correct diagnosis of FD is important with a view to available therapy. The aim of the study was to screen for alpha-galactosidase deficiency in men with tinnitus/SNHL. A prospective multicentric study induding consecutive patients with SNHL confirmed by tone audiometry or tinnitus evaluated (10/2016-8/2019). The diagnosis of AGALA deficiency was done by dry blood spot method using a threshold of 1.2 mu mol/l/h. Only men aged 18-60 were induded. 181 patients were subject to evaluation. SNHL was reported in 126 (70%) patients, 50 (28%) patients had unilateral, 76 (42%) patients had bilateral SNHL. Tinnitus was found in 161 (89%) patients, unilateral in 96 (53%) and bilateral in 65 (36%) patients. Suspected FD was not detected in any patient; alpha-galactosidase The AGALA values ranged 1.5-8.8 mu mol/l/h, an average of 3.4 mu mol/l/h. None of the 181 patients participating in the study had AGALA levels below the threshold 1.2 mu mol/l/h. The occurrence of tinnitus and sensorineural hearing loss in men appears to be an irrelevant clinical sign for FD systematic screening.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_imp - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

30100 - Basic medicine

Project

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Continuities

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year

2021

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Journal of Applied Biomedicine

ISSN

1214-021X

e-ISSN

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Volume of the periodical

19

Issue of the periodical within the volume

1

Country of publishing house

CZ - CZECH REPUBLIC

Number of pages

5

Pages from-to

57-61

UT code for WoS article

000625384900006

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