Bronchial asthma in a patient with Usher syndrome: case report.
The Usher syndrome is a recessively inherited disorder characterized by the associated deficits of sensorineural hearing impairment and a progressive retinal degeneration called retinitis pigmentosa. A case of Usher syndrome is reported in a 22-year-old atopic patient with asthma. To our knowledge, such an association has not been described previously in the literature.
Baris
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University of Illinois Hospital, Section of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Chicago 60612-7323.
Ataman
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Sener
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Kalyoncu
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D000328:Adult; D001249:Asthma / Q000150:complications* / Q000235:genetics; D005260:Female; D006319:Hearing Loss, Sensorineural / Q000150:complications* / Q000235:genetics*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010375:Pedigree; D012174:Retinitis Pigmentosa / Q000150:complications* / Q000235:genetics*; D013577:Syndrome