Side effects of oral dexamethasone pulse therapy for idiopathic sudden sensorineural hearing loss

Otology and Neurotology

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 691-

  Free, Rolien H ^a   Smale, Noor D ^a   De Kleine, Emile ^a   Van Der Laan, Bernard F A M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; DEXAMETHASONE; PREDNISOLONE;

BLOOD PRESSURE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DRUG CONTRAINDICATION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG PULSE THERAPY; FLUSHING; GASTRITIS; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; LETTER; MOOD CHANGE; MOOD DISORDER; PATIENT CARE; PERCEPTION DEAFNESS; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIDE EFFECT; SLEEP DISORDER; SUDDEN DEAFNESS; WEIGHT GAIN;

ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; DEXAMETHASONE; HEARING LOSS, SENSORINEURAL; HEARING LOSS, SUDDEN; HUMANS; PREDNISOLONE;

EID: 68849104426     PISSN: 15317129     EISSN: 15374505     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MAO.0b013e3181ab3380     Document Type: Letter

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