Typewriter tinnitus: A carbamazepine-responsive syndrome related to auditory nerve vascular compression

ORL

Volumn 68, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 43-46

  Levine, Robert Aaron ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Microvascular; Paroxysmal; Pharmacology; Treatment

Indexed keywords

CARBAMAZEPINE;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; AUDIOGRAPHY; BLOOD VESSEL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COCHLEAR NERVE; COMPRESSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEARING DISORDER; HUMAN; HYPONATREMIA; IMAGING; MALE; ONSET AGE; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; TINNITUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VESTIBULAR DISORDER;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARBAMAZEPINE; COCHLEAR NERVE; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE COMPRESSION SYNDROMES; TINNITUS; VESTIBULOCOCHLEAR NERVE DISEASES;

EID: 33644746279     PISSN: 03011569     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000090490     Document Type: Article

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