Histomorphometric study of the normal middle ear mucosa

Acta Oto-Laryngologica

Volumn 117, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 704-707

  Ars, Bernard ^a,b   Wuyts, Floris ^a   Van De Heyning, Paul ^a   Miled, Imed ^a   Bogers, Johannes ^a   Van Marck, Eric ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^b NONE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Basement membrane; Blood vessels; Gas exchange function; Middle ear cleft mucosa

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BASEMENT MEMBRANE; BLOOD VESSEL; FEMALE; GAS EXCHANGE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MASTOID; MIDDLE EAR; MIDDLE EAR MUCOSA; MORPHOMETRICS; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030800565     PISSN: 00016489     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/00016489709113463     Document Type: Article

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