Autoantibodies against inner ear proteins in patients with delayed endolymphatic hydrops and unilateral juvenile deafness

Acta Oto-Laryngologica

Volumn 126, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 117-121

  Suzuki, Mikio ^a   Hanamitsu, Masakazu ^b   Kitanishi, Tsuyoshi ^b   Kohzaki, Hideaki ^b   Kitano, Hiroya ^c  

^a Fukuoka Kinen Hospital   (Japan)

^b SHIGA UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

^c TOTTORI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Autoimmune inner ear disease; Contralateral type delayed endolymphatic hydrops; Hearing loss; Vertigo; Western blot assay

Indexed keywords

AUTOANTIBODY; INNER EAR PROTEIN; PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNITY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HUMAN; INNER EAR; MALE; MENIERE DISEASE; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SERUM; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ADULT; AGED; ANIMALS; AUTOANTIBODIES; AUTOANTIGENS; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CYTOSOL; EAR, INNER; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; ENDOLYMPHATIC HYDROPS; FEMALE; HEARING LOSS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; VERTIGO;

EID: 31544441029     PISSN: 00016489     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00016480500266008     Document Type: Article

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