Allergy and Its Relation to Meniere's Disease

Otolaryngologic Clinics of North America

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1047-1058

  Derebery, M Jennifer ^a,b   Berliner, Karen I ^a  

^a HOUSE EAR INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Hearing loss; Meniere's disease; Tinnitus; Vertigo

Indexed keywords

BETAHISTINE; CD4 ANTIGEN;

ALLERGY; ANTIGEN ANTIBODY COMPLEX; AUTOIMMUNITY; EAR DISEASE; FOOD ALLERGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOPATHOLOGY; MENIERE DISEASE; MIGRAINE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREVALENCE; REVIEW; SKIN TEST; TINNITUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERTIGO;

ANTIGEN-ANTIBODY COMPLEX; ANTIGENS, CD; BETAHISTINE; DESENSITIZATION, IMMUNOLOGIC; DIET; EAR, INNER; HISTAMINE AGONISTS; HUMANS; IMMUNITY, INNATE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; IMMUNOTHERAPY; MENIERE DISEASE; MIGRAINE DISORDERS; SKIN TESTS; VIRUS DISEASES;

EID: 77955738131     PISSN: 00306665     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.otc.2010.05.004     Document Type: Review

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