American Journal of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Medicine and Surgery
Volume 28, Issue 5 , Pages 289-293 , September 2007

Intratympanic gentamicin: a 1-day protocol treatment for unilateral Meniere's disease

  • Alessandro De Stefano, MD

      Affiliations

    • Clinica ORL, Università G. d'Annunzio, Chieti-Pescara, Italy
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  • Francesco Dispenza, MD

      Affiliations

    • Clinica ORL, Università degli Studi Palermo, Palermo, Italy
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Via Paolo Emiliani Giudici, 37, Palermo 90127, Italy. Tel.: +393334565471; fax: +39 0523 453708.
    • ,
  • Giuseppe De Donato, MD

      Affiliations

    • Gruppo Otologico, Piacenza, Rome, Italy
    • ,
  • Antonio Caruso, MD

      Affiliations

    • Gruppo Otologico, Piacenza, Rome, Italy
    • ,
  • Abdelkader Taibah, MD

      Affiliations

    • Gruppo Otologico, Piacenza, Rome, Italy
    • ,
  • Mario Sanna, MD

      Affiliations

    • Gruppo Otologico, Piacenza, Rome, Italy

Received 30 June 2006

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PII: S0196-0709(06)00221-3

doi: 10.1016/j.amjoto.2006.09.009

American Journal of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Medicine and Surgery
Volume 28, Issue 5 , Pages 289-293 , September 2007

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