Treatment of central and sensorineural tinnitus with orally administered Melatonin and Sulodexide: Personal experience from a randomized controlled study

Acta Otorhinolaryngologica Italica

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 86-91

  Neri, G ^a,d   De Stefano, A ^a   Baffa, C ^a   Kulamarva, G ^b   Giovanni, R D I ^a   Petrucci, G ^a   Poliandri, A ^a   Dispenza, F ^c   Citraro, L ^a   Croce, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHIETI   (Italy)

^b Thekkil Complex   (India)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

^d Clinica ORL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Acufenometry; Hearing loss; Medical treatment; Melatonin, sulodexide; Tinnitus; Tinnitus handicap inventory

Indexed keywords

GLYCOSAMINOGLYCAN; MELATONIN; SULODEXIDE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TINNITUS;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ADULT; FEMALE; GLYCOSAMINOGLYCANS; HUMANS; MALE; MELATONIN; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TINNITUS;

EID: 68949110453     PISSN: 0392100X     EISSN: 1827675X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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