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BioMed Research International
Volume 2017, Article ID 3098230, 6 pages
https://doi.org/10.1155/2017/3098230
Review Article

Nanomedicine for Inner Ear Diseases: A Review of Recent In Vivo Studies

Dong-Kee Kim

Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Daejeon St. Mary’s Hospital, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Daejeon, Republic of Korea

Correspondence should be addressed to Dong-Kee Kim; rk.ca.cilohtac@21redic

Received 18 July 2017; Accepted 30 August 2017; Published 10 October 2017

Academic Editor: Kenneth H. Lee

Copyright © 2017 Dong-Kee Kim. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

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