Complications of otitis media: The importance of early recognition

American Journal of Otology

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 9-12

  Albers, Frans W J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Complication; Early symptoms; Intracranial; Intratemporal; Otitis media

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEVER; FOLLOW UP; HEADACHE; HUMAN; MENINGITIS; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; OTITIS MEDIA; OTOSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRAIN DISEASES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEVER; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEADACHE; HUMANS; INFANT; LABYRINTHITIS; MIDDLE AGED; OTITIS MEDIA; OTOSCOPES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0032950210     PISSN: 01929763     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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