Systematic review of management strategies for middle ear myoclonus

Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery (United States)

Volumn 146, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 698-706

  Bhimrao, Sanjiv Kumar ^a   Masterson, Liam ^a   Baguley, David ^a  

^a CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

intratympanic myoclonus; middle ear myoclonus; stapedial myoclonus; tensor tympani myoclonus; tinnitus

Indexed keywords

BENZODIAZEPINE; BOTULINUM TOXIN; CARBAMAZEPINE; ORPHENADRINE CITRATE; PIRACETAM;

AUDIOMETRY; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EMBASE; FOLLOW UP; HEARING AID; HUMAN; MEDLINE; MIDDLE EAR DISEASE; MIDDLE EAR MYOCLONUS; MYOCLONUS; NEUROIMAGING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOTHERAPY; RELAXATION TRAINING; REVIEW; TEMPOROMANDIBULAR JOINT; TENOTOMY; TINNITUS; TYMPANOMETRY; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; MIDDLE EAR;

DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; EAR, MIDDLE; HUMANS; MYOCLONUS;

EID: 84864008954     PISSN: 01945998     EISSN: 10976817     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0194599811434504     Document Type: Review

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