Structuralcharacterization of persistent tympanic membrane perforations in man

Laryngoscope

Volumn 106, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 346-352

  Spandow, Odd ^a   Hellström, Sten ^a   Dahlström, Michael ^a  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR; FIBRONECTIN; GLYCOSAMINOGLYCAN; HYALURONIC ACID; KERATIN; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EARDRUM PERFORATION; HEALING; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR; EPITHELIUM; FIBRONECTINS; GLYCOSAMINOGLYCANS; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KERATINOCYTES; MIDDLE AGED; TYMPANIC MEMBRANE; TYMPANIC MEMBRANE PERFORATION; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 0029928538     PISSN: 0023852X     EISSN: 15314995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005537-199603000-00020     Document Type: Article

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