Molecular Analysis of Aquaporin Genes 1 to 4 in Patients with Menière’s Disease

Abstract

By itself the detected alteration is unlikely to play a role in the pathogenesis of MD. However, together with an additional modifying gene an effect can not be excluded. Additional regions (introns, splice-sites) and other genes involved in inner ear homeostasis need to be analyzed to identify a possible molecular alteration in MD.