Quality of life in patients with idiopathic sudden hearing loss: Comparison of different therapies using the Medical Outcome Short Form (36) Health Survey questionnaire

Otology and Neurotology

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 769-775

  Mösges, Ralph ^a   Köberlein, Juliane ^a   Erdtracht, Bernard ^b   Klingel, Reinhard ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^b Rheopheresis Center   (Germany)

^c Apheresis Research Institute   (Germany)

Author keywords

Corticosteroids; Hemodilution; Idiopathic sudden hearing loss; Quality of life; Rheopheresis; SF 36

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID DERIVATIVE; HETASTARCH; PENTOXIFYLLINE; ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; APHERESIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEMODILUTION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PURE TONE AUDIOMETRY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RHEOPHERESIS; SHORT FORM 36; SPEECH AUDIOMETRY; SPEECH DISCRIMINATION; SUDDEN DEAFNESS; ADOLESCENT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HEALTH STATUS; MICROCIRCULATION; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; PLASMAPHERESIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEARING LOSS, SUDDEN; HUMANS; MALE; MICROCIRCULATION; MIDDLE AGED; PLASMAPHERESIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 62349110024     PISSN: 15317129     EISSN: 15374505     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MAO.0b013e31817e5d03     Document Type: Article

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