Rheopheresis for sudden sensorineural hearing loss

Atherosclerosis Supplements

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 102-106

  Klingel, Reinhard ^a   Heibges, Andreas ^a   Uygun Kiehne, Selma ^b   Fassbender, Cordula ^a   Mösges, Ralph ^c  

^a Apheresis Research Institute   (Germany)

^b Lüdenscheid General Hospital   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Alpha 2 macroglobulin; Apheresis fibrinogen; LDL cholesterol; Microcirculation; Rheopheresis; Sudden sensorineural hearing loss

Indexed keywords

CITRIC ACID; CORTICOSTEROID; FIBRINOGEN; HEPARIN; HETASTARCH; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; PENTOXIFYLLINE;

APHERESIS; ARTICLE; GERMANY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; MICROCIRCULATION; PATHOGENESIS; PERCEPTION DEAFNESS; PLASMA VISCOSITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RECURRENT DISEASE; REIMBURSEMENT; RHEOPHERESIS; SUDDEN DEAFNESS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BLOOD COMPONENT REMOVAL; COCHLEA; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FIBRINOGEN; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HEARING LOSS, SENSORINEURAL; HEARING LOSS, SUDDEN; HEMORHEOLOGY; HUMANS; INSURANCE, HEALTH, REIMBURSEMENT; LIPOPROTEINS, LDL; MICROCIRCULATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 72649090203     PISSN: 15675688     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1567-5688(09)71821-5     Document Type: Article

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