Vestibular schwannoma, tinnitus and cellular telephones.
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2003-03-11
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Cases with tinnitus after using analogue cellular telephones are presented An increased odds ratio of 3 45 95 confidence interval CI 1 77 6 76 was found for vestibular schwannoma VS associated with the use of analogue cell phones During the time period 1960 1998 the age standardized incidence of VS in Sweden significantly increased yearly by 2 53 CI 1 71 3 35 A significant increase in the incidence of VS was only found for the latter of the two time periods 1960 1979 and 1980 1998 For all other brain tumors taken together the incidence significantly increased yearly by 0 80 CI 0 59 1 02 for the time period 1960 1998 although the increase was only significant for benign tumors other than VS during 1960 1979