Non-specific immunological determinations in Meniere's disease: Any role in clinical practice?

European Archives of Oto-Rhino-Laryngology

Volumn 264, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 15-19

  Savastano, Marina ^a   Giacomelli, Luciano ^a   Marioni, Gino ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Antigen non specific tests; Meniere's disease

Indexed keywords

AUTOANTIBODY; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; COMPLEMENT; CRYOGLOBULIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; RHEUMATOID FACTOR;

ANTIGEN ANTIBODY COMPLEX; ARTICLE; CD4 CD8 RATIO; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE RELEASE; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FEMALE; HELPER CELL; HUMAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; IMMUNOLOGY; LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENIERE DISEASE; NATURAL KILLER CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROLOGY; T LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION;

C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; COMPLEMENT C3; COMPLEMENT C4; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULINS; LYMPHOCYTES; MALE; MENIERE DISEASE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS;

EID: 33845433319     PISSN: 09374477     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00405-006-0147-2     Document Type: Article

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