External and middle ear pathology in TGF-α-deficient animals

American Journal of Otology

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 360-365

  Wright, Charles G ^a   Robinson, Karen S ^a   Meyerhoff, William L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cholesteatoma; Epidermal hyperplasia; Transforming growth factor

Indexed keywords

TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR ALPHA;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHOLESTEATOMA; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXTERNAL EAR DISEASE; HISTOLOGY; MIDDLE EAR DISEASE; MOUSE; MOUSE MUTANT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; CHOLESTEATOMA; EAR, EXTERNAL; MICE; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR ALPHA; TYMPANIC MEMBRANE;

EID: 0029896661     PISSN: 01929763     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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