Hyperbaric oxygen treatment restores sudden hearing loss in a patient with fabry disease

ORL

Volumn 70, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 210-213

  Frantz, Markus C ^a   Pontz, Bertram F ^b   Arnold, Wolfgang ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Fabry disease; Hyperbaric oxygen treatment; Sudden hearing loss

Indexed keywords

AGALSIDASE ALFA; OXYGEN;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; FABRY DISEASE; HUMAN; HYPERBARIC OXYGEN; MALE; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PATIENT REFERRAL; PERCEPTION DEAFNESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PURE TONE AUDIOMETRY; SUDDEN DEAFNESS; THERAPY EFFECT; TINNITUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT RESPONSE; UNILATERAL HEARING LOSS;

ADOLESCENT; AUDIOMETRY; AUDIOMETRY, SPEECH; FABRY DISEASE; HEARING; HEARING LOSS, SUDDEN; HEARING LOSS, UNILATERAL; HUMANS; HYPERBARIC OXYGENATION; MALE; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 42649146199     PISSN: 03011569     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000124297     Document Type: Article

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