Clonazepam quiets tinnitus: A randomised crossover study with Ginkgo biloba

Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry

Volumn 83, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 821-827

  Han, Seon Sook ^a   Nam, Eui Cheol ^a   Won, Jun Yeon ^a   Lee, Kang Uk ^a   Chun, Wanjoo ^a   Choi, Hyun Kyung ^a   Levine, Robert Aaron ^b,c  

^a Kangwon National University   (South Korea)

^b MASSACHUSETTS EYE AND EAR INFIRMARY   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLONAZEPAM; GINKGO BILOBA EXTRACT;

ADULT; AGED; ANNOYANCE; ARTICLE; AUDITORY SYSTEM PARAMETERS; BEDTIME DOSAGE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DISEASE DURATION; DIZZINESS; DROWSINESS; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; FEMALE; GINKGO BILOBA; HUMAN; LOADING DRUG DOSE; LOUDNESS; MALE; OPEN STUDY; PITCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TINNITUS; TINNITUS HANDICAP INVENTORY; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT RESPONSE; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

EID: 84863985845     PISSN: 00223050     EISSN: 1468330X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jnnp-2012-302273     Document Type: Article

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