An animal model for external otitis

European Archives of Oto-Rhino-Laryngology

Volumn 254, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 115-119

  Emgard P ^a,b   Hellstrom S ^a  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b Ystad Hospital   (Sweden)

Author keywords

External auditory canal; External otitis; Pathogenesis; Rat

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; DERMIS; EARDRUM; EDEMA; EXTERNAL AUDITORY CANAL; EXTERNAL OTITIS; INFLAMMATION; MALE; MAST CELL; MECHANICAL STIMULATION; MICROSCOPY; MIDDLE EAR; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ANIMALS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; EAR CANAL; EPITHELIUM; MALE; OTITIS EXTERNA; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; TYMPANIC MEMBRANE;

EID: 0030936446     PISSN: 09374477     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02471273     Document Type: Article

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