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  • Title: The incidence of otosclerosis in the general population.
    Author: Gapany-Gapanavicius B.
    Journal: Isr J Med Sci; 1975 May; 11(5):465-8. PubMed ID: 1158659.
    Abstract:
    The incidence of clinical otosclerosis in the general population of Lithuania (USSR) was recorded from December 1961 to May 1970. A total of 974 otosclerotic individuals were found during this period, 27.2% of whom were males and 72.8%, females. In the majority of these patients, the clinical diagnosis of otosclerosis was confirmed at operation. The incidence of clinical otosclerosis in the population was found to be about 0.1%. The ratio of incidence of clinical:histological otosclerosis in the population investigated is assumed to be 1:4. The age period at risk for clinical otosclerosis is between 16 and 50 years, the greatest age period at risk being 20 to 40 years.
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