Assessment of diagnostic approaches to idiopathic sudden sensorineural hearing loss and their influence on treatment and outcome

Acta Oto-Laryngologica

Volumn 130, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 384-391

  Nosrati Zarenoe, Ramesh ^a   Hansson, Magnus ^b   Hultcrantz, Elisabeth ^a  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Acoustic neuroma; Borrelia infection; Sudden deafness

Indexed keywords

PREDNISOLONE;

ACOUSTIC NEURINOMA; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUDIOGRAPHY; AUDIOMETRY; BLOOD EXAMINATION; CHILD; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PERCEPTION DEAFNESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHOOL CHILD;

EID: 77149154702     PISSN: 00016489     EISSN: 16512553     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/00016480903161541     Document Type: Article

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