Gender differences in audio-vestibular disorders.

Gender differences in audio-vestibular disorders. Int J Immunopathol Pharmacol. 2020 Jan-Dec;34:2058738420929174 Authors: Corazzi V, Ciorba A, Skarżyński PH, Skarżyńska MB, Bianchini C, Stomeo F, Bellini T, Pelucchi S, Hatzopoulos S Abstract In the last years, the attention to the role of gender in physiopathology and pharmacology of diseases in several medical disciplines is rising; however, the data on the relationship between gender and audio-vestibular disorders are still inconclusive and sometimes confusing. With this letter to the editor, we would like to review the role of gender in audio-vestibular disorders. Literature data show that anatomic variances of the inner ear do exist in men and women and that the different physiology and/or hormonal influence between genders could produce different clinical outcome of routine audiological and vestibular tests. Beyond the epidemiological gender-related differences, the clinical data suggest that the gender has a potential role as an etiopathogenetic factor in audio-vestibular disorders and it is probably responsible for the different clinical features observed between male and female subjects. PMID: 32525749 [PubMed - in process]
Source: International Journal of Immunopathology and Pharmacology - Category: Allergy & Immunology Tags: Int J Immunopathol Pharmacol Source Type: research