Intratympanic glucocorticoids for sudden sensorineural hearing loss

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

Volumn , Issue 4, 2009, Pages

  Plontke, Stefan K ^a   Meisner, Christoph ^a   Caye Thomasen, Per ^b   Parnes, Lorne ^c   Agrawal, Sumit ^c   Mikulec, Tony ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b GENTOFTE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^d SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEXAMETHASONE; GLUCOCORTICOID; HYDROCORTISONE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PLACEBO;

AUDIOMETRY; CLINICAL TRIAL; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERCEPTION DEAFNESS; REVIEW; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT PLANNING; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT;

EID: 77950144448     PISSN: 1469493X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD008080     Document Type: Review

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