Bilateral sudden sensorineural hearing loss and chronic venous cerebrospinal insufficiency: A case report

Phlebology

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 231-233

  Alpini, D ^a   Bavera, P M ^a   Di Berardino, F ^b,c   Barozzi, S ^b   Cesarani, A ^b,c  

^a Don C Gnocchi Foundation   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^c FONDAZIONE IRCCS CA GRANDA OSPEDALE MAGGIORE POLICLINICO   (Italy)

Author keywords

CCSVI; Sudden hearing loss

Indexed keywords

ANTITHROMBOCYTIC AGENT; STEROID;

ACOUSTIC REFLEX; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUDIOMETRY; BARANY TEST; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC VEIN INSUFFICIENCY; CHRONIC VENOUS CEREBROSPINAL INSUFFICIENCY; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; DIZZINESS; ELECTRONYSTAGMOGRAPHY; EVOKED BRAIN STEM AUDITORY RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERBARIC OXYGEN; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERCEPTION DEAFNESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPEECH DISCRIMINATION; SUDDEN DEAFNESS; SUDDEN SENSORINEURAL HEARING LOSS; VENOUS RETURN; VERTIGO;

EID: 84890193802     PISSN: 02683555     EISSN: 14333031     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/phleb.2012.012009     Document Type: Article

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