Histopathological changes of the eustachian tube cartilage and the tensor veli palatini muscle with aging

Laryngoscope

Volumn 109, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 1679-1683

  Takasaki, Kenji ^a   Sando, Isamu ^a   Balaban, Carey D ^a   Haginomori, Shin Ichi ^a   Ishijima, Ken ^a   Kitagawa, Miwa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Eustachian tube cartilage; Human temporal bone; Tensor veli palatini muscle

Indexed keywords

AGING; ARTICLE; AUDITORY TUBE DYSFUNCTION; CALCIFICATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MUSCLE ATROPHY; PALATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPORAL BONE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CALCINOSIS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EAR CARTILAGES; EAR, MIDDLE; EUSTACHIAN TUBE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MIDDLE AGED; TEMPORAL BONE;

EID: 0032864285     PISSN: 0023852X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005537-199910000-00024     Document Type: Article

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