Management of tinnitus: Oral treatment with melatonin and sulodexide

Journal of Biological Regulators and Homeostatic Agents

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 103-110

  Neri, Giampiero ^a   Baffa, C ^a   De Stefano, A ^a   Poliandri, A ^a   Kulamarva, G ^b   Di Giovanni, P ^a   Petrucci, A G ^a   Castriotta, A ^a   Citraro, L ^a   Cerrone, D ^a   D'Orazio, F ^a   Croce, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHIETI   (Italy)

^b ENT and Head neck Clinic   (India)

Author keywords

Acufenometry; Hearing loss; Melatonin; Sulodexide; Tinnitus; Tinnitus handicap inventory

Indexed keywords

MELATONIN; SULODEXIDE; GLYCOSAMINOGLYCAN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUDIOMETRY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HEARING LOSS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TINNITUS; DRUG COMBINATION; MIDDLE AGED; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ADULT; AGED; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; GLYCOSAMINOGLYCANS; HUMANS; MALE; MELATONIN; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF LIFE; TINNITUS;

EID: 73349085615     PISSN: 0393974X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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