title: Familial Menière's disease: a genetic investigation.
abstract: Familial forms of Meniere's disease in which the main etiologic factor is probably genetic are described. Among ninety-one patients with Meniere's disease from the county of Uppsala, the disease could be classified as being of familial origin in 14%. Different modes of inheritance were revealed. Aberrations in chromosome 7 were found in one mother and her daughter.
mesh_terms: D002869:Chromosome Aberrations; D002897:Chromosomes, Human, Pair 7; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007621:Karyotyping; D008297:Male; D008575:Meniere Disease / Q000235:genetics*; D010375:Pedigree; D012854:Sister Chromatid Exchange; D013548:Sweden