Oral versus i.v. administration of the glycerol test: Side-effects and usefulness

Acta Oto-Laryngologica

Volumn 123, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 482-487

  Padoan, Serge ^a  

^a CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Glycerol test; Intravenous administration; M ni re's disease; Oral administration

Indexed keywords

GLYCEROL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUDIOMETRY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; MENIERE DISEASE; NAUSEA; PLASMA OSMOLALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ADULT; AGED; AUDIOMETRY, PURE-TONE; AUDIOMETRY, SPEECH; FEMALE; GLYCEROL; HUMANS; INFUSIONS, INTRAVENOUS; MALE; MENIERE'S DISEASE; MIDDLE AGED; OSMOLAR CONCENTRATION;

EID: 0037613779     PISSN: 00016489     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0036554021000028088     Document Type: Article

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