Acyclovir in the treatment of idiopathic sudden sensorineural hearing loss

Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery

Volumn 128, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 544-549

  Uri, Nechama ^a   Doweck, Ilana ^b   Cohen Kerem, Raanan ^b   Greenberg, Elhanan ^b  

^a CARMEL MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; HYDROCORTISONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEARING; HUMAN; LIVER TOXICITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEPHROTOXICITY; NEUROTOXICITY; PERCEPTION DEAFNESS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SIDE EFFECT; SPEECH AUDIOMETRY; TINNITUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERTIGO; VIRUS;

EID: 0037389723     PISSN: 01945998     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0194-5998(03)00004-4     Document Type: Article

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