Intratympanic gentamicin injection for the treatment of Meniere's disease

American Journal of Otology

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 435-442

  Youssef, Tarek F ^a   Poe, Dennis S ^a,b  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Gentamicin; Intratympanic aminoglycoside; Meniere's Disease

Indexed keywords

GENTAMICIN; ICE; WATER;

ARTICLE; CALORIC VESTIBULAR TEST; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DRUG EFFICACY; EARDRUM; ENDOLYMPHATIC SAC; HUMAN; LABYRINTHECTOMY; MENIERE DISEASE; NERVE TRANSECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PURE TONE AUDIOMETRY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERTIGO; VESTIBULAR NERVE; WORD RECOGNITION;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CALORIC TESTS; FEMALE; GENTAMICINS; HUMANS; MALE; MENIERE'S DISEASE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TYMPANIC MEMBRANE; VERTIGO;

EID: 0031744655     PISSN: 01929763     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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