Does the serological study for viral infection in autoimmune inner ear disease make sense?

ORL

Volumn 70, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 16-19

  García Berrocal, José Ramón ^a   Ramírez Camacho, Rafael ^a   González García, José Angel ^a   Verdaguer, José María ^b   Trinidad, Almudena ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO PUERTA DE HIERRO   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO LA PAZ   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cogan's syndrome; Immunomediated inner ear disease; T cell

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNITY; B LYMPHOCYTE; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; COGAN SYNDROME; CYTOTOXIC T LYMPHOCYTE; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMORAL IMMUNITY; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOLOGY; INNER EAR DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROLOGY; T LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; VIRUS INFECTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AUTOANTIBODIES; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES; COHORT STUDIES; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTIONS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EPSTEIN-BARR VIRUS INFECTIONS; EVOKED POTENTIALS, AUDITORY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEARING LOSS, SENSORINEURAL; HUMANS; LABYRINTH DISEASES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEROLOGIC TESTS;

EID: 38849090590     PISSN: 03011569     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000111043     Document Type: Article

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