Therapeutic effectiveness over time of intratympanic dexamethasone as salvage treatment of sudden deafness

Acta Oto-Laryngologica

Volumn 128, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 128-131

  Ahn, Joong Ho ^a   Han, Myung Woul ^a   Kim, Ji Heui ^a   Chung, Jong Woo ^a   Yoon, Tae Hyun ^a  

^a University of Ulsan College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Dexamethasone; Injection; Sudden sensorineural hearing loss; Tympanum

Indexed keywords

DEXAMETHASONE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUDIOGRAPHY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG TREATMENT FAILURE; FEMALE; HEARING ACUITY; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; PERCEPTION DEAFNESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SALVAGE THERAPY; SUDDEN DEAFNESS;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ADULT; AGED; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; AUDIOMETRY, PURE-TONE; DEXAMETHASONE; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; EAR, MIDDLE; FEMALE; HEARING LOSS, SUDDEN; HUMANS; MALE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 38349050486     PISSN: 00016489     EISSN: 16512553     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00016480701477602     Document Type: Article

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