Hearing outcomes of daily intratympanic dexamethasone alone as a primary treatment modality for ISSHL

Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery

Volumn 141, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 579-583

  Hong, Seok Min ^a   Park, Chan Hum ^a   Lee, Jun Ho ^a  

^a Chuncheon Sacred Heart Hospital   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEXAMETHASONE; GINKGO BILOBA EXTRACT; PREDNISOLONE; VASODILATOR AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG INDICATION; FEMALE; FREQUENCY MODULATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERCEPTION DEAFNESS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; SUDDEN IDIOPATHIC SENSORINEURAL HEARING LOSS; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; DEXAMETHASONE; FEMALE; HEARING; HEARING LOSS, SENSORINEURAL; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRALESIONAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDNISOLONE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 70350518617     PISSN: 01945998     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.otohns.2009.08.009     Document Type: Article

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