Intratympanic dexamethasone injections as a treatment for severe, disabling tinnitus: Does it work?

Archives of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery

Volumn 131, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 113-117

  Araújo, Mercedes F S ^a   Oliveira, Carlos A ^a,b   Bahmad Jr , Fayez M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRASILIA   (Brazil)

^b SHIS QL 22 ^*  (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEXAMETHASONE; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COCHLEA; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; OTORHINOLARYNGOLOGY; RANDOMIZATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; TINNITUS; TOPICAL ANESTHESIA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

DEXAMETHASONE; FEMALE; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRALESIONAL; MALE; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; TINNITUS; TREATMENT FAILURE; TYMPANIC MEMBRANE;

EID: 13444263613     PISSN: 08864470     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archotol.131.2.113     Document Type: Article

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