Misoprostol in the treatment of tinnitus: A double-blind study

Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery

Volumn 130, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 604-610

  Yilmaz, Ismail ^a,b   Akkuzu, Babür ^a,b   Çakmak, Özcan ^a,b   Özlüoglu, Levent N ^a,b  

^a Baskent Univ School of Medicine ^*

^b BASKENT UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; AMINOGLYCOSIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; MISOPROSTOL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; AUDIOLOGY; AUDIOMETRY; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HUMAN; LOUDNESS; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OTOTOXICITY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SLEEP; TINNITUS;

EID: 2442706559     PISSN: 01945998     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.otohns.2003.08.027     Document Type: Article

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