What is the natural history of recurrent acute otitis media in infancy?

Journal of Family Practice

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 258-264

  Alho, Olli Pekka ^a,b   Läärä, Esa ^a   Oja, Hannu ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^b OULU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

child; infant; otitis media; Otitis media with effusion; prophylaxis; recurrent otitis media

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RECURRENCE RISK; RECURRENT DISEASE; SECRETORY OTITIS MEDIA; TYMPANOSTOMY TUBE;

ACUTE DISEASE; AGE FACTORS; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FINLAND; FORECASTING; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT CARE; MALE; OTITIS MEDIA; OTITIS MEDIA WITH EFFUSION; RECURRENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0029847775     PISSN: 00943509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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