Vitamin B12 levels in patients with tinnitus and effectiveness of vitamin B12 treatment on hearing threshold and tinnitus

B-ENT

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 111-116

  Berkiten, G ^a   Yildirim, G ^a   Topaloglu, I ^a   Ugras, H ^a  

^a Istanbul Okmeydani Training and Research Hospital   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Audiometry; Hearing loss; Therapy; Tinnitus; Vitamin B12 deficiency

Indexed keywords

CYANOCOBALAMIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYANOCOBALAMIN DEFICIENCY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; HEARING; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PURE TONE AUDIOMETRY; TINNITUS; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL; AUDIOMETRY; BLOOD; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR;

ADULT; AUDIOMETRY; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MEASUREMENT; RISK FACTORS; TINNITUS; VITAMIN B 12 DEFICIENCY;

EID: 84883119721     PISSN: 1781782X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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