Chronic suppurative otitis media and cholesteatoma. Vanishing diseases among Western populations?

Clinical Otolaryngology and Allied Sciences

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 358-361

  Alho, K ^a,b   Jokinen, K ^a   Laitakari, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^b OULU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

Cholesteatoma; Chronic otitis media; Incidence; Trend

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ARTICLE; CHOLESTEATOMA; CHRONIC OTITIS MEDIA; EAR DISEASE; FINLAND; HUMAN; OTITIS MEDIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0031397047     PISSN: 03077772     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2273.1997.00027.x     Document Type: Article

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