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Abstract The aim of the work is to study the effect of lipoic acid as an otoprotective agent against cisplatin ototoxicity in human.Cisplatin is considered as an indispensable chemotherapeutic agent in spite of its known ototoxicity. a-lipoic acid is used as otoprotective against cisplatin induced ototoxicity by a prospective study on thirty patients divided into two equal groups; first group under cisplatin therapy alone and the second group under cisplatin and lipoic acid therapy. These patients were receiving cis platin chemotherapy at oncology and nuclear medicine departments in Zagazig University Hospitals. |