Ultrastructure of the nasopharyngeal orifice epithelium of the eustachian tube in otitis media with effusion

Journal of Submicroscopic Cytology and Pathology

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 79-84

  Kiroglu M ^a   Tap, O ^a   Mete, U O ^a   Cetik F ^a   Gokce G ^a   Ozsahinoglu C ^a   Kaya, M ^a  

^a CUKUROVA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Compound cilia; Epithelium; Eustachian tube; Ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUDITORY TUBE; BODY SURFACE; CHILD; EPITHELIUM; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NASOPHARYNX; PATHOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SECRETORY OTITIS MEDIA; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

BODY SURFACE AREA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EPITHELIUM; EUSTACHIAN TUBE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NASOPHARYNX; OTITIS MEDIA WITH EFFUSION;

EID: 0030637677     PISSN: 11229497     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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