Trial of Chinese medicine Wu-Ling-San for acute low-tone hearing loss

ORL

Volumn 74, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 158-163

  Okada, Kazunari ^a,b   Ishimoto, Shin Ichi ^a   Fujimaki, Yoko ^a   Yamasoba, Tatsuya ^b  

^a Social Insurance Central General Hospital   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Acute low tone hearing loss; Diuretics; Steroid; Wu Ling San

Indexed keywords

CHINESE DRUG; DIURETIC AGENT; ISOSORBIDE; PREDNISONE; STEROID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WU LING SAN;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHINESE MEDICINE; DIURETIC THERAPY; FEMALE; HEARING LOSS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; PERCEPTION DEAFNESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEROID THERAPY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; DIURETICS, OSMOTIC; DRUG SYNERGISM; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; DRUGS, CHINESE HERBAL; FEMALE; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HEARING LOSS, SENSORINEURAL; HUMANS; ISOSORBIDE; MALE; MEDICINE, CHINESE TRADITIONAL; MIDDLE AGED; OUTPATIENTS; PREDNISOLONE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX DISTRIBUTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84860829857     PISSN: 03011569     EISSN: 14230275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000337819     Document Type: Article

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