Middle ear function in rheumatoid arthritis: A multiple frequency tympanometric study

Clinical and Experimental Rheumatology

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 243-247

  Biasi, D ^a,b   Fiorino, F ^a   Carletto, A ^a   Caramaschi, P ^a   Zeminian, S ^a   Bambara, L M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

^b POLICLINICO BORGO ROMA   (Italy)

Author keywords

middle ear ossicular joints; multiple frequency tympanometry; rheumatoid arthritis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUDITORY OSSICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONDUCTION DEAFNESS; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; JOINT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE EAR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; TYMPANOMETRY;

ACOUSTIC IMPEDANCE TESTS; ADULT; AGED; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; AUDIOMETRY, PURE-TONE; BIOMECHANICS; EAR OSSICLES; EAR, MIDDLE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REFERENCE STANDARDS; REFERENCE VALUES; REFLEX, ACOUSTIC; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 0029766996     PISSN: 0392856X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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