Gabapentin effectiveness on the sensation of subjective idiopathic tinnitus: A pilot study

European Archives of Oto-Rhino-Laryngology

Volumn 265, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 525-530

  Bakhshaee, Mehdi ^a   Ghasemi, Mohammadmehdi ^b   Azarpazhooh, Mahmoodreza ^b   Khadivi, Ehsan ^a   Rezaei, Saman ^a   Shakeri, Mohammadtaghi ^b   Tale, Mohammadreza ^c  

^a MASHHAD UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b MASHHAD UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c Iran Cochlear Implant Center   (Iran)

Author keywords

Gabapentin; Tinnitus; Treatment

Indexed keywords

GABAPENTIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DIZZINESS; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG DOSE ESCALATION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; LABORATORY TEST; LOUDNESS; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PURE TONE AUDIOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SENSATION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TINNITUS; TREATMENT DURATION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMINES; CYCLOHEXANECARBOXYLIC ACIDS; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID ANTAGONISTS; FEMALE; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT PROJECTS; TINNITUS; TREATMENT FAILURE;

EID: 43349083111     PISSN: 09374477     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00405-007-0504-9     Document Type: Article

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