Selective vestibular ablation by intratympanic gentamicin in patients with unilateral active Ménière's disease: A prospective, double-blind, placebo-controlled, randomized clinical trial

Acta Oto-Laryngologica

Volumn 124, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 172-175

  Stokroos, Robert ^a   Kingma, Herman ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Aminoglycosides; Gentamicin; Intratympanic; M ni re's disease; Sensorineural hearing loss; Vertigo treatment

Indexed keywords

AMINOGLYCOSIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; GENTAMICIN; PLACEBO;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INNER EAR; MALE; MENIERE DISEASE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PERCEPTION DEAFNESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; VERTIGO; VESTIBULAR ABLATION; VESTIBULAR SYSTEM;

ADULT; AGED; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; AUDIOMETRY, PURE-TONE; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; EVALUATION STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GENTAMICINS; HUMANS; MALE; MENIERE'S DISEASE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 1642317904     PISSN: 00016489     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00016480410016621     Document Type: Article

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