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Evaluation of Steroid Therapy for Vestibular Neuronitis

The bulletin of the Yamaguchi Medical School Volume 36 Issue 1-2 Page 37-41
published_at 1989-06
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Title
Evaluation of Steroid Therapy for Vestibular Neuronitis
Creators Yamashita Hiroshi
Creators Sekitani Toru
Creators Okami Kenji
Creators Endo Shiro
Source Identifiers
Creator Keywords
Vestibular neuronitis Steroid
The effect of steroid therapy for vestibular neuronitis was evaluated comparing with that of non-steroid therapy. Twelve cases were treated with steroid therapy and fourteen cases ware treated with non-steroid therapy. All cases had no response of caloric test at the onset and underwent therapy within one month since onset. The results ware as follows : Dizziness was significantly reduced by steroid therapy compared with non-steroid therapy. However, there was no difference of subsiding period of spontaneous and positional nystagmus and recovery of caloric response between the steroid group and the non- steroid group.
Subjects
医学 ( Other)
Languages eng
Resource Type departmental bulletin paper
Publishers Yamaguchi University Graduate School of Medicine
Date Issued 1989-06
File Version Version of Record
Access Rights open access
Relations
[ISSN]0513-1812
[NCID]AA00594272
Schools 医学部