Combined treatment of sudden sensorineural hearing loss with steroid, dextran and piracetam: Experience with 68 cases

European Archives of Oto-Rhino-Laryngology

Volumn 261, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 187-190

  Samim, Erdal ^a   Kilic, Rahmi ^a   Ozdek, Ali ^a,c   Gocmen, Hakan ^a   Eryilmaz, Adil ^b   Unlu, Ilhan ^a  

^a MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Turkey)

^b Third Ear Nose and Throat Dept   (Turkey)

^c Isci Bloklari Mah ^*  (Turkey)

Author keywords

Combined therapy; Prognostic factors; Sudden sensorineural hearing loss

Indexed keywords

DEXTRAN; PIRACETAM; PREDNISONE; STEROID;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AUDIOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SCREENING; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; FEMININITY; HEARING; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERCEPTION DEAFNESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUDIOMETRY; CHILD; DEXTRANS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEARING LOSS, SENSORINEURAL; HEARING LOSS, SUDDEN; HUMANS; INFUSIONS, INTRAVENOUS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PIRACETAM; PREDNISONE; PROBABILITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 2342440596     PISSN: 09374477     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00405-003-0659-y     Document Type: Review

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