Intratympanic application of an antiviral agent for the treatment of Ménière's disease

ORL

Volumn 70, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 21-26

  Guyot, Jean Philippe ^a,c   Maire, Raphael ^b   Delaspre, Olga ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^b LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^c Faculty of Medicine   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Middle ear ventilation; Recurrent vestibulopathies; Round window; Topical therapy

Indexed keywords

GANCICLOVIR; PLACEBO; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISABILITY; DIZZINESS; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; EARDRUM; EMOTIONALITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; MENIERE DISEASE; NEURECTOMY; PATIENT REFERRAL; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SHORT FORM 36; VERTIGO;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIVIRAL AGENTS; AUDIOMETRY, EVOKED RESPONSE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GANCICLOVIR; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRALESIONAL; MALE; MENIERE DISEASE; MIDDLE AGED; MIDDLE EAR VENTILATION; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PROBABILITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF LIFE; REFERENCE VALUES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TYMPANIC MEMBRANE;

EID: 38849125443     PISSN: 03011569     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000111044     Document Type: Article

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