Treatment of idiopathic sudden sensorineural hearing loss

Acta Oto-Laryngologica

Volumn 126, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 708-713

  Jeyakumar, Anita ^a   Francis, David ^b   Doerr, Timothy ^a  

^a STRONG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Antiviral agents; Corticosteroids; Sudden sensorineural hearing loss

Indexed keywords

ANTIVIRUS AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID; PREDNISONE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; EVALUATION RESEARCH; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERCEPTION DEAFNESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; ADULT; ANTIVIRAL AGENTS; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; HEARING LOSS, SUDDEN; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OTOLARYNGOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33745712864     PISSN: 00016489     EISSN: 16512553     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00016480500504234     Document Type: Article

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