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Human genes for cholesteatoma of external ear

Cholesteatoma of external ear [DOID:9462]

A cholesteatoma which involves invasion of the squamous tissue into a localized area of bony erosion of the ear canal. It may develop spontaneously or as a consequence of infection, trauma or surgery.

Synonyms:  cholesteatoma of external ear,  cholesteatoma of external ears,  DOID:9462,  external canal cholesteatoma,  external canal cholesteatomas

The disease-gene associations are derived from automatic text mining of the biomedical literature, manually curated database annotations, cancer mutation data, and genome-wide association studies. The confidence of each association is signified by stars, where ★★★★★ is the highest confidence and ★☆☆☆☆ is the lowest.

Developed by Sune Frankild, Alexander Junge, Albert Pallejà, Dhouha Grissa, Kalliopi Tsafou, and Lars Juhl Jensen from the Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Protein Research.