A review on the use of hyaluronic acid in tympanic membrane wound healing

Expert Opinion on Biological Therapy

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 23-36

  Teh, Bing Mei ^a,b,c   Shen, Yi ^a,b,d   Friedland, Peter L ^a,b,c   Atlas, Marcus D ^a,b,c   Marano, Robert J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b Ear Science Institute Australia   (Australia)

^c SIR CHARLES GAIRDNER HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^d Ningbo Lihuili Hospital (Ningbo Medical Centre)   (China)

Author keywords

Efficacy; Hyaluronic acid; Safety; Tympanic membrane perforation; Wound healing

Indexed keywords

HYALURONIC ACID; PREDNISOLONE SODIUM PHOSPHATE PLUS SULFACETAMIDE;

ACNE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BIOCOMPATIBILITY; BIODEGRADABILITY; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); DEVICE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; EAR INFECTION; EARDRUM PERFORATION; HUMAN; INJECTION SITE ERYTHEMA; INJECTION SITE INFLAMMATION; NONHUMAN; OTALGIA; OTOTOXICITY; REVIEW; TINNITUS; VERTIGO; WOUND HEALING;

ACOUSTICS; ANIMALS; BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; ELASTICITY; HUMANS; HYALURONIC ACID; MODELS, CHEMICAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; SAFETY; TYMPANIC MEMBRANE; TYMPANIC MEMBRANE PERFORATION; VISCOSITY; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 84055184362     PISSN: 14712598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1517/14712598.2012.634792     Document Type: Review

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