Corticosteroids in the treatment of vestibular neuritis: A systematic review and meta-analysis

Otology and Neurotology

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 183-189

  Goudakos, John K ^a   Markou, Konstantinos D ^a   Franco Vidal, Valérie ^b   Vital, Victor ^a   Tsaligopoulos, Miltiadis ^a   Darrouzet, Vincent ^b  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^b HÔPITAL PELLEGRIN   (France)

Author keywords

Corticosteroids; Meta analysis; Neuritis; Randomized; Vestibular

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID;

CALORIC VESTIBULAR TEST; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; META ANALYSIS; PATIENT SELECTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REVIEW; RISK; SAMPLE SIZE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VESTIBULAR NEURONITIS;

ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; CALORIC TESTS; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; ODDS RATIO; PATIENT SELECTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; SAMPLE SIZE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VESTIBULAR NEURONITIS;

EID: 77649099986     PISSN: 15317129     EISSN: 15374505     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MAO.0b013e3181ca843d     Document Type: Article

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