Low serum folate levels: A risk factor for sudden sensorineural hearing loss?

Acta Oto-Laryngologica

Volumn 124, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 608-611

  Cadoni, G ^a   Agostino, S ^a   Scipione, S ^a   Galli, J ^a  

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

Folate; Homocysteine; Sudden sensorineural hearing loss

Indexed keywords

FOLIC ACID; HOMOCYSTEINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; AMINO ACID BLOOD LEVEL; AMINO ACID METABOLISM; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MALE; PERCEPTION DEAFNESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; VASCULAR DISEASE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COCHLEA; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID; FOLIC ACID DEFICIENCY; HEARING LOSS, SENSORINEURAL; HEARING LOSS, SUDDEN; HOMOCYSTEINE; HUMANS; ISCHEMIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 3042822499     PISSN: 00016489     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00016480410016216     Document Type: Article

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