Sudden deafness and viral infections

Oto-Rhino-Laryngologia Nova

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 190-197

  Pitkäranta, Anne ^a,c   Vasama, Juha Pekka ^a   Julkunen, Ilkka ^b  

^a HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Sudden deafness; Virus

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNITY; CORTI ORGAN; HANTAVIRUS; HEARING LOSS; HERPES VIRUS; INNER EAR DISEASE; LASSA VIRUS; MUMPS; MUMPS VIRUS; RUBELLA; SUDDEN DEAFNESS; VARICELLA ZOSTER VIRUS; VIRUS INFECTION;

EID: 0343239009     PISSN: 10148221     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000027907     Document Type: Article

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