Sudden sensorineural hearing loss: A case report supporting the immunologic theory

Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria

Volumn 61, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 1018-1022

  Werneck, Antonio Luiz Dos Santos ^a,b,d   Gurgel, Luiz Carlos Do Amaral ^c   De Mello, Laurinda Moura ^c   De Albuquerque, Gabriella Queiroz ^c  

^a Central Hospital of Rio de Janeiro   (Brazil)

^b Servico de Neurologia   (Brazil)

^c Servico de Clinica Medica   (Brazil)

^d NONE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Autoimmune disease; Autoimmune thyroid disease; Sudden sensorineural hearing loss; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; AUTOANTIBODY; AUTOANTIGEN; CISPLATIN; CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT; CYTOKINE; GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 2; INTERLEUKIN 3; INTERLEUKIN 4; INTERLEUKIN 5; INTERLEUKIN 6; LOOP DIURETIC AGENT; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PROPYLTHIOURACIL; QUININE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ADULT; ANTIGEN DETECTION; ARTICLE; ATROPHY; AUDIOMETRY; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CASE REPORT; CORTI ORGAN; DOSE TIME EFFECT RELATION; FEMALE; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; HEARING LOSS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HYPERTHYROIDISM; IMMUNOPATHOLOGY; INNER EAR DISEASE; KIDNEY TUBERCULOSIS; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; NERVE CELL DEGENERATION; PERCEPTION DEAFNESS; RETROGRADE NERVE FIBER TRANSPORT; STRIA; VASCULAR DISEASE;

EID: 0347519068     PISSN: 0004282X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0004-282X2003000600025     Document Type: Article

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