Zinc to treat tinnitus in the elderly: A randomized placebo controlled crossover trial

Otology and Neurotology

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1146-1154

  Coelho, Claudia ^a   Witt, Shelly A ^a   Ji, Haihong ^a   Hansen, Marlan R ^a   Gantz, Bruce ^a   Tyler, Richard ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

Crossover design; Elderly; Randomized placebo controlled trial; Tinnitus; Tinnitus treatment; Zinc deficiency

Indexed keywords

COPPER; MICROCAPSULE; ZINC; ZINC SULFATE;

AGED; BLOOD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DISABILITY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MICROCAPSULE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SELECTION; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SAMPLE SIZE; TINNITUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL;

AGED; CAPSULES; COPPER; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; DISABILITY EVALUATION; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SELECTION; QUESTIONNAIRES; SAMPLE SIZE; TINNITUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ZINC; ZINC SULFATE;

EID: 84881370486     PISSN: 15317129     EISSN: 15374505     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MAO.0b013e31827e609e     Document Type: Article

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