Early-onset sensorineural hearing loss in Lassa fever

European Archives of Oto-Rhino-Laryngology

Volumn 268, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 197-201

  Ibekwe, T S ^a   Okokhere, P O ^a   Asogun, D ^a   Blackie, F F ^a   Nwegbu, M M ^b   Wahab, K W ^a   Omilabu, S A ^c   Akpede, G O ^a  

^a IRRUA SPECIALIST TEACHING HOSPITAL   (Nigeria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABUJA   (Nigeria)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LAGOS   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Immune reaction; Lassa fever; Sensorineural hearing loss; Viral invasion

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LASSA FEVER; MALE; MORBIDITY; PERCEPTION DEAFNESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PURE TONE AUDIOMETRY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SCHOOL CHILD; SPEECH AUDIOMETRY; VIRUS DETECTION;

ACOUSTIC IMPEDANCE TESTS; ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AUDIOMETRY, PURE-TONE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; FEMALE; HEARING LOSS, SENSORINEURAL; HUMANS; LASSA FEVER; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78751571134     PISSN: 09374477     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00405-010-1370-4     Document Type: Article

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