Otitis media: Back to basics

Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

Volumn 17, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 1105-1113

  Faden, Howard ^a,c   Duffy, Linda ^a   Boeve, Margot ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^c CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute otitis media; Otitis media with effusion

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL FEATURE; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; OTITIS MEDIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SECRETORY OTITIS MEDIA;

ACUTE DISEASE; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MALE; NETHERLANDS; OTITIS MEDIA; OTITIS MEDIA WITH EFFUSION; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 0032443825     PISSN: 08913668     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006454-199812000-00002     Document Type: Review

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