Autoimmune-mediated sympathetic hearing loss: A case report

Otology and Neurotology

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 161-165

  Ten Gate, Wouter Jan F ^a,b   Bachor, Edgar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

^b SAMC   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Autoimmune hearing loss; Immunocytochernistry; Inner ear; Western blot

Indexed keywords

ANTINUCLEAR ANTIBODY; AUTOANTIBODY; BASEMENT MEMBRANE ANTIBODY; COLLAGEN ANTIBODY; DNA ANTIBODY; DOUBLE STRANDED DNA; HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN 70; MITOCHONDRION ANTIBODY; NEUTROPHIL CYTOPLASMIC ANTIBODY; RETICULIN ANTIBODY; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNITY; BASEMENT MEMBRANE; BRAIN TISSUE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COCHLEA; HAIR CELL; HEARING LOSS; HUMAN; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; KIDNEY PARENCHYMA; LIVER; MALE; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; SYMPATHETIC HEARING LOSS; SYMPATHETIC TONE; TEMPORAL BONE; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ADULT; ANIMALS; AUDIOMETRY, PURE-TONE; AUTOANTIBODIES; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES; BLOTTING, WESTERN; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HAIR CELLS, OUTER; HEARING LOSS, BILATERAL; HEARING LOSS, SENSORINEURAL; HUMANS; IMMUNE COMPLEX DISEASES; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; MALE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SKULL FRACTURES; TEMPORAL BONE;

EID: 15744369183     PISSN: 15317129     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00129492-200503000-00005     Document Type: Article

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