Cytotoxic changes in hair cells secondary to pneumococcal middle-ear infection

Journal of Otolaryngology

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 325-331

  Cook, Raymond D ^b   Postma, Duncan S ^a   Brinson, George M ^a   Prazma, Jiri ^a   Pillsbury, Harold C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Hair cells; Otitis media; Sensorineural hearing loss; Streptococcus pneumoniae

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL TOXIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; COCHLEA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; GUINEA PIG; HAIR CELL; NONHUMAN; OTITIS MEDIA; PERCEPTION DEAFNESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION;

EID: 0032715465     PISSN: 03816605     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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