Histology of the perforated tympanic membrane and its muco-epithelial junction

Clinical Otolaryngology and Allied Sciences

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 162-166

  Somers, Th ^a   Houben, V ^a   Goovaerts, G ^a   Govaerts, P J ^a   Offeciers, F E ^a  

^a SINT AUGUSTINUS HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Cholesteatoma; Tympanic membrane; Tympanoplasty

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALLOGRAFT; ARTICLE; CELL INCLUSION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EARDRUM; EARDRUM PERFORATION; EPITHELIUM CELL; FEMALE; FIBROSIS; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERKERATOSIS; INFLAMMATION; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SCLEROSIS; SQUAMOUS EPITHELIUM; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

EID: 0031401601     PISSN: 03077772     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2273.1997.00006.x     Document Type: Article

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