Successful treatment of autophonia with botulinum toxin: Case report

Annals of Otology, Rhinology and Laryngology

Volumn 116, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 594-598

  Olthoff, Arno ^a   Laskawi, Rainer ^a   Kruse, Eberhard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Autophonia; Botulinum toxin; Impedance audiometry; Patulous eustachian tube; Tensor veli palatini muscle; Tinnitus

Indexed keywords

BOTULINUM TOXIN A;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY TUBE DYSFUNCTION; AUTOPHONIA; CASE REPORT; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; FEMALE; HEARING DISORDER; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34548234137     PISSN: 00034894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/000348940711600807     Document Type: Article

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