Role of acamprosate in sensorineural tinnitus

Indian Journal of Pharmacology

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 93-96

  Sharma, Dinesh Kumar ^a   Kaur, Sharanjit ^a   Singh, Jatinder ^a   Kaur, Inderpal ^a  

^a GOVERNMENT MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Acamprosate; audiometry; sensorineural tinnitus; tinnitus matching

Indexed keywords

ACAMPROSATE; PLACEBO;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE DURATION; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SENSORINEURAL TINNITUS; TINNITUS; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

EID: 84856392888     PISSN: 02537613     EISSN: 19983751     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0253-7613.91876     Document Type: Article

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