Defibrinogenation therapy for idiopathic sudden sensorineural hearing loss in comparison with high-dose steroid therapy

Acta Oto-Laryngologica

Volumn 123, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 46-50

  Suzuki, Hideaki ^a,b   Furukawa, Masayuki ^b   Kumagai, Masaki ^b   Takahashi, Etsu ^b   Matsuura, Kazuto ^b   Katori, Yukio ^a   Shimomura, Akira ^a   Kobayashi, Toshimitsu ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b SENDAI CITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

Author keywords

Batroxobin; Defibrinogenation therapy; High dose steroid therapy; Idiopathic sudden sensorineural hearing loss

Indexed keywords

BATROXOBIN; PREDNISOLONE; STEROID;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLEEDING TENDENCY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVALESCENCE; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HEARING; HUMAN; HYPERGLYCEMIA; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERCEPTION DEAFNESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; AUDIOMETRY, PURE-TONE; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; BATROXOBIN; CHILD; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; FEMALE; FIBRINOGEN; FIBRINOLYTIC AGENTS; HEARING LOSS, SUDDEN; HUMANS; INFUSIONS, INTRAVENOUS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDNISOLONE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0037274918     PISSN: 00016489     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0036554021000028082     Document Type: Article

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