Tinnitus: Causes and clinical management

The Lancet Neurology

Volumn 12, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 920-930

  Langguth, Berthold ^a   Kreuzer, Peter M ^a   Kleinjung, Tobias ^a,b   De Ridder, Dirk ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^d SINT AUGUSTINUS HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; BENZODIAZEPINE; CARBAMAZEPINE; GABAPENTIN; LAMOTRIGINE; LIDOCAINE; PLACEBO;

AUDITORY NERVOUS SYSTEM; AUDITORY STIMULATION; AUDITORY SYSTEM EXAMINATION; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; BRAIN REGION; COCHLEA PROSTHESIS; COGNITIVE THERAPY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; HEARING; HEARING AID; HUMAN; MEDICAL HISTORY; NEUROIMAGING; NOISE INJURY; NONHUMAN; PATIENT COUNSELING; PHANTOM; PLACEBO EFFECT; PRESBYACUSIS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; SENSORY STIMULATION; SOUND; SUDDEN DEAFNESS; TINNITUS; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

ANIMALS; HUMANS; TINNITUS;

EID: 84881497311     PISSN: 14744422     EISSN: 14744465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1474-4422(13)70160-1     Document Type: Review

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