Relationship between otitis media with effusion and allergy

Current Opinion in Otolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 46-48

  Gungor, Anil ^a   Corey, Jacquelynne P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLERGY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; MIDDLE EAR EFFUSION; OTITIS MEDIA; PATHOGENESIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 0030889777     PISSN: 10689508     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00020840-199702000-00011     Document Type: Review

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