Attic aeration in temporal bones from children with recurring otitis media: Tympanostomy tubes did not cure disease in Prussak's space

American Journal of Otology

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 485-493

  Palva, Tauno ^a,b   Johnsson, Lars Göran ^a   Ramsay, Hans ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

Attic aeration Prussak's space; Recurring otitis media; Temporal bones; Tympanostomy tubes

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

AERATION; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MICROSCOPY; OTITIS MEDIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; TEMPORAL BONE; TYMPANOSTOMY TUBE;

AUTOPSY; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MASTOID; MIDDLE EAR VENTILATION; OTITIS MEDIA; RECURRENCE; TEMPORAL BONE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TYMPANIC MEMBRANE;

EID: 0033916642     PISSN: 01929763     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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