Middle ear inflation for diagnosis and treatment of otitis media with effusion

Auris Nasus Larynx

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 479-486

  Alper, Cuneyt M ^a   Swarts, J Douglas ^a   Doyle, William J ^a  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

Eustachian tube dysfunction; Inflation; Otitis media with effusion; Treatment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY TUBE DYSFUNCTION; CASE REPORT; GAS DIFFUSION; HUMAN; MALE; MASTOID; MIDDLE EAR EFFUSION; MIDDLE EAR PRESSURE; MODEL; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OTITIS MEDIA; VALSALVA MANEUVER;

ACOUSTIC IMPEDANCE TESTS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; EUSTACHIAN TUBE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; OTITIS MEDIA WITH EFFUSION; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TIME FACTORS; VALSALVA MANEUVER;

EID: 0032878619     PISSN: 03858146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0385-8146(99)00029-2     Document Type: Article

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