Intratympanic dexamethasone plus melatonin versus melatonin only in the treatment of unilateral acute idiopathic tinnitus

American Journal of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Medicine and Surgery

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 617-622

  Albu, Silviu ^a   Chirtes, Felician ^b  

^a IULIU HATIEGANU UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND PHARMACY   (Romania)

^b Clinical County Hospital of Cluj Napoca   (Romania)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEXAMETHASONE; MELATONIN; GLUCOCORTICOID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; AWARENESS; BECK DEPRESSION INVENTORY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOUDNESS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PITCH; PITTSBURGH SLEEP QUALITY INDEX; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PURE TONE AUDIOMETRY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SLEEP QUALITY; SPEECH DISCRIMINATION; TINNITUS; UNILATERAL ACUTE IDIOPATHIC TINNITUS; DRUG COMBINATION; EARDRUM; INJECTION; MIDDLE AGED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

DEXAMETHASONE; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; INJECTIONS; MALE; MELATONIN; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TINNITUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TYMPANIC MEMBRANE;

EID: 84907795925     PISSN: 01960709     EISSN: 1532818X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjoto.2014.06.009     Document Type: Article

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