Effect of Intravenous Administration of Steroids in the Management of Sudden Sensori-Neural Hearing Loss: Our Experience

Indian Journal of Otolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery

Volumn 65, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 229-233

  Raghunandhan, S ^a   Agarwal, Anoop Kumar ^a   Natarajan, Kiran ^a   Murali, Sathiya ^a   Anand Kumar, R S ^a   Kameswaran, Mohan ^a  

^a Madras ENT Research Foundation   (India)

Author keywords

Intravenous steroids; Sudden sensori neural hearing loss (SSNHL)

Indexed keywords

EID: 84879786721     PISSN: 22313796     EISSN: 09737707     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12070-012-0506-9     Document Type: Article

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