Corticosteroid treatment of idiopathic sudden sensorineural hearing loss: Randomized triple-blind placebo-controlled trial

Otology and Neurotology

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 523-531

  Nosrati Zarenoe, Ramesh ^a   Hultcrantz, Elisabeth ^a  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Idiopathic sudden sensorineural hearing loss; Prednisolone; Randomized; Sudden deafness; Triple blind trial

Indexed keywords

GLUCOCORTICOID; PREDNISOLONE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; PERCEPTION DEAFNESS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SUDDEN DEAFNESS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HEARING LOSS, SENSORINEURAL; HEARING LOSS, SUDDEN; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PREDNISOLONE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84861335409     PISSN: 15317129     EISSN: 15374505     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MAO.0b013e31824b78da     Document Type: Article

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