Sudden Hearing Loss

Otolaryngologic Clinics of North America

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 633-649

  O'Malley, Matthew R ^a   Haynes, David S ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; ALPHA INTERFERON; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; ANTIVIRUS AGENT; BENZODIAZEPINE; BETAHISTINE; BETAMETHASONE; CYANOCOBALAMIN; CYCLANDELATE; DEXAMETHASONE; DIATRIZOATE; HEPARIN; HISTAMINE; LIDOCAINE; MANNITOL; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; NICOTINAMIDE; PAPAVERINE; PENTOXIFYLLINE; PREDNISONE; PROCAINE; PYRIDOXINE; STEROID; THIAMINE; TISSUE PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR; UNINDEXED DRUG; VALACICLOVIR; VERAPAMIL; VINPOCETINE;

BELL PALSY; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; DIET RESTRICTION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; HUMAN; HYPERBARIC OXYGEN; INNER EAR DISEASE; LIFESTYLE MODIFICATION; NONHUMAN; PLASMAPHERESIS; REVIEW; SUDDEN DEAFNESS; SYMPATHECTOMY; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT;

ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; AUDIOMETRY, PURE-TONE; COMMUNICATION DISORDERS; HEARING LOSS, SENSORINEURAL; HEARING LOSS, SUDDEN; HUMANS; HYPERBARIC OXYGENATION;

EID: 43049104226     PISSN: 00306665     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.otc.2008.01.009     Document Type: Review

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