The association of codeine, macrocytosis and bilateral sudden or rapidly progressive profound sensorineural deafness

Acta Oto-Laryngologica

Volumn 129, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1061-1066

  Freeman, Simon R M ^a,b   Bray, Monica E ^a   Amos, Carol S ^a   Gibson, William P R ^a  

^a Sydney Cochlear Implant Centre   (Australia)

^b MANCHESTER ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Abnormal erythrocytes; Adults; Cochlear implants; Drug toxicity; Sudden hearing loss

Indexed keywords

ANTINUCLEAR ANTIBODY; CARDIOLIPIN ANTIBODY; CODEINE; HEMOGLOBIN; LA ANTIBODY; NEUTROPHIL CYTOPLASMIC ANTIBODY; PARACETAMOL; RHEUMATOID FACTOR; RO ANTIBODY; SMOOTH MUSCLE ANTIBODY;

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; AUDIOLOGY; CASE STUDY; CELL VOLUME; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COCHLEA PROSTHESIS; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; DRUG MEGADOSE; DRUG USE; FEMALE; HEARING LOSS; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; LIP READING; LIVER DISEASE; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MEGALOCYTOSIS; PATIENT REFERRAL; PERCEPTION DEAFNESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RECOMMENDED DRUG DOSE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; TINNITUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERTIGO; VESTIBULAR DISORDER;

ADULT; ANALGESICS, OPIOID; COCHLEAR IMPLANTATION; CODEINE; ERYTHROCYTES, ABNORMAL; FEMALE; HEARING LOSS, BILATERAL; HEARING LOSS, SENSORINEURAL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 70350436477     PISSN: 00016489     EISSN: 16512553     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00016480802579082     Document Type: Article

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