Intratympanic prednisolone therapy for sudden sensorineural hearing loss: A new protocol

Acta Oto-Laryngologica

Volumn 130, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1209-1213

  Filipo, Roberto ^a   Covelli, Edoardo ^a   Balsamo, Giorgio ^a   Attanasio, Giuseppe ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

acoustic nerve; audiometric test; cochlea; Deafness; dizziness; prednisolone; pure tone average; tinnitus

Indexed keywords

PREDNISOLONE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIXED HEARING LOSS; MORBIDITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PURE TONE AUDIOMETRY; TINNITUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERTIGO;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUDIOMETRY, PURE-TONE; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HEARING LOSS, SENSORINEURAL; HEARING LOSS, SUDDEN; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PREDNISOLONE; PROGNOSIS; SALVAGE THERAPY; TYMPANIC MEMBRANE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77957993394     PISSN: 00016489     EISSN: 16512553     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/00016481003793766     Document Type: Article

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