Idiopathic sudden sensorineural hearing loss

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 359, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 833-

  Rauch, Steven D ^a,b  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS EYE AND EAR INFIRMARY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBOGEN; CORTICOSTEROID; DEXAMETHASONE; HYDROCORTISONE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PLACEBO; PREDNISONE;

ARTICLE; AUDIOMETRY; CLINICAL FEATURE; DRUG MEGADOSE; DRUG SELF ADMINISTRATION; GASTRITIS; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PERCEPTION DEAFNESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIDE EFFECT; SLEEP DISORDER; WEIGHT GAIN; FEMALE; INJECTION; MIDDLE AGED; REVIEW; SUDDEN DEAFNESS; VERTIGO;

ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; AUDIOMETRY; FEMALE; HEARING LOSS, SENSORINEURAL; HEARING LOSS, SUDDEN; HUMANS; INJECTIONS; MIDDLE AGED; VERTIGO;

EID: 49949091204     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMcp0802129     Document Type: Article

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