American Journal of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Medicine and Surgery
Volume 32, Issue 2 , Pages 91-95 , March 2011

Effect of steroid, carbogen inhalation, and lipoprostaglandin E1 combination therapy for sudden sensorineural hearing loss

  • Myung Gu Kim, MD
    • ,
  • Yong Gi Jung, MD
    • ,
  • Young Gyu Eun, MD

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Masan Samsung Hospital, Hapseong 2-dong, Masan-si, Gyeongsangnam-do 630-723, South Korea. Tel.: +82 55 290 6466; fax: +82 55 299 8652.

Received 9 June 2009

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PII: S0196-0709(09)00249-X

doi: 10.1016/j.amjoto.2009.10.004

American Journal of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Medicine and Surgery
Volume 32, Issue 2 , Pages 91-95 , March 2011

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