Functional outcome of treatment of Ménière's disease with the Meniett pressure generator

Acta Oto-Laryngologica

Volumn 126, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 254-258

  Stokroos, R ^a   Klein Olvink, M ^a   Hendrice, N ^a   Kingma, H ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Labyrinthine function; M ni re's disease; Pulsed local overpressure

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HEARING; HEARING ACUITY; HUMAN; INNER EAR; MALE; MENIERE DISEASE; MENIETT PRESSURE GENERATOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; VESTIBULAR LABYRINTH;

ADULT; AGED; AUDIOMETRY, PURE-TONE; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; EAR, INNER; ELECTRONYSTAGMOGRAPHY; ENDOLYMPHATIC HYDROPS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MENIERE'S DISEASE; MIDDLE AGED; OTOLARYNGOLOGY; PRESSURE; PROBABILITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 32944475926     PISSN: 00016489     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00016480500388869     Document Type: Article

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