Recommendations on Collecting and Storing Samples for Genetic Studies in Hearing and Tinnitus Research.
Agnieszka J Szczepek, Lidia Frejo, Barbara Vona, Natalia Trpchevska, Christopher R Cederroth, Helena Caria, Jose A Lopez-Escamez
PMID 29889665WHAT IT FOUND
No patient outcomes are reported.
This is a recommendations paper on collecting and storing samples for genetic studies in tinnitus and hearing loss, not a study of treatment.
What this paper is
This is a recommendations paper for collecting, processing, storing, and shipping blood, saliva, or buccal samples for genetic studies in tinnitus and hearing loss. It describes ethical approval, consent, sample choice, DNA and RNA handling, quality control, storage, shipment, and clinical data. It reports no patients, no outcomes, and no tested intervention, so there is no finding to change your practice on.
Declared interests
The authors report no conflicts of interest.
The easy way to misread this
Do not read these recommendations as evidence that any genetic test or sample collection improves tinnitus care. The paper reports no patient outcomes and no tested intervention.