A systematic review of pediatric sensorineural hearing loss in congenital syphilis

International Journal of Pediatric Otorhinolaryngology

Volumn 73, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 787-792

  Chau, Justin ^a   Atashband, Shahnaz ^c   Chang, Estelle ^a   Westerberg, Brian D ^a,b,c   Kozak, Frederick K ^c  

^a St Paul's Rotary Hearing Clinic   (Canada)

^b CENTRE FOR HEALTH EVALUATION AND OUTCOME SCIENCES   (Canada)

^c BC CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Congenital syphilis; Deafness; Hearing loss; Hearing screening; Longitudinal; Sensorineural

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; PENICILLIN G;

ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; AUDITORY SCREENING; BIOSIS; CINAHL; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMORBIDITY; CONGENITAL SYPHILIS; CONSENSUS; DATA BASE; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; HUMAN; INTRAUTERINE INFECTION; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; NEWBORN PERIOD; PEDIATRICS; PERCEPTION DEAFNESS; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL PERIOD; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; TREPONEMA PALLIDUM;

AUDIOMETRY, PURE-TONE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HEARING LOSS, SENSORINEURAL; HUMANS; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPEECH PERCEPTION; SYPHILIS, CONGENITAL; TREPONEMA PALLIDUM;

EID: 67349136314     PISSN: 01655876     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijporl.2009.02.021     Document Type: Review

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