Effect of transtympanic low-pressure therapy in patients with unilateral Menière's disease unresponsive to betahistine: A randomised, placebo-controlled, double-blinded, clinical trial

Journal of Laryngology and Otology

Volumn 126, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 356-362

  Gurkov R ^a   Filipe Mingas, L B ^a   Rader, T ^b   Louza, J ^a   Olzowy, B ^a   Krause, E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Betahistine; Meni re's Disease; Pressure Therapy; Vertigo

Indexed keywords

BETAHISTINE; PLACEBO;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUDIOMETRY; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; CALORIC VESTIBULAR TEST; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; GENERATOR; HEARING; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENIERE DISEASE; OTITIS MEDIA; PATIENT MONITORING; PRESSURE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCORING SYSTEM; THERAPY EFFECT; TRANSTYMPANIC LOW PRESSURE THERAPY; TYMPANOSTOMY TUBE; VERTIGO;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUDIOMETRY, PURE-TONE; BETAHISTINE; CALORIC TESTS; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; EAR CANAL; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HISTAMINE AGONISTS; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL RECORDS; MENIERE DISEASE; MIDDLE AGED; OTOLARYNGOLOGY; PLACEBOS; PRESSURE; SEMICIRCULAR CANALS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERTIGO; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84859150668     PISSN: 00222151     EISSN: 17485460     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022215112000102     Document Type: Article

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