Sudden sensorineural hearing loss

The Lancet

Volumn 375, Issue 9721, 2010, Pages 1203-1211

  Schreiber, Benjamin E ^a   Agrup, Charlotte ^b   Haskard, Dorian O ^c   Luxon, Linda M ^d  

^a ROYAL FREE LONDON NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c HAMMERSMITH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d NATIONAL HOSPITAL FOR NEUROLOGY AND NEUROSURGERY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ACICLOVIR; ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; AMINOGLYCOSIDE; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; AZATHIOPRINE; CORTICOSTEROID; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DEXAMETHASONE; DEXTRAN; ESTROGEN; FIBRINOLYTIC AGENT; GINKGO BILOBA EXTRACT; HEPARIN; HETASTARCH; INFLIXIMAB; METHOTREXATE; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; PEGINTERFERON; PENICILLIN G; PENTOXYFILLINE; PHOSPHODIESTERASE V INHIBITOR; PLACEBO; PREDNISOLONE; PROSTACYCLIN DERIVATIVE; RIBAVIRIN; STEROID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VALACICLOVIR; VASODILATOR AGENT; WARFARIN;

ACUPUNCTURE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGAN SYNDROME; DRUG MEGADOSE; HEARING LOSS; HUMAN; MYRINGOTOMY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOGENESIS; PERCEPTION DEAFNESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; VASCULAR DISEASE; VIRUS INFECTION;

EID: 77950280296     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(09)62071-7     Document Type: Review

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