title: Immunology of hearing: experiments of nature.
abstract: Cellular and humoral immune reactions may play a role in the ethiopathogenesis of an audiovestibular dysfunction. Immune-mediated inner ear disorders can be of cochlear and retrocochlear origin. Autoimmunity plays occasionally a role, but is certainly not obligatory.
authors.affiliation: Department of Otorhinolaryngology, University of Utrect, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: J E
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Veldman
mesh_terms: D000917:Antibody Formation; D001327:Autoimmune Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000276:immunology*; D007758:Ear, Inner / Q000276:immunology*; D006319:Hearing Loss, Sensorineural / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000276:immunology*; D006801:Humans; D007111:Immunity, Cellular