Ototoxicity of triethanolamine polypeptide (Cerumenex) in the chinchilla

Laryngoscope

Volumn 118, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 478-482

  Daniel, Sam Joseph ^a,b,c   Sahmkow, Sofia Isabel ^a   Munguia, Raymundo ^a   Schloss, Melvin ^a,b   Akache, Fadi ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MONTREAL CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^c Montreal Childrens' Hospital ^*  (Canada)

Author keywords

Cerumen; Cerumenex; Ceruminolytic; Ear; Earwax; Hearing; Ototoxicity; Removal; Toxicity; Triethanolamine

Indexed keywords

TRIETHANOLAMINE OLEYLPOLYPEPTIDE; CHLORBUTOL; ETHANOLAMINE DERIVATIVE; PEPTIDE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CHINCHILLA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISTORTION PRODUCT OTOACOUSTIC EMISSION; EARDRUM; FACIAL NERVE PARALYSIS; FEMALE; HAIR CELL; HEARING; MYRINGOTOMY; NONHUMAN; OTOTOXICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ANIMAL; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; DRUG COMBINATION; EAR DISEASE;

ANIMALS; CHINCHILLA; CHLOROBUTANOL; DRUG COMBINATIONS; EAR DISEASES; ETHANOLAMINES; FEMALE; PEPTIDES;

EID: 42449086861     PISSN: 0023852X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MLG.0b013e31815d8e41     Document Type: Article

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