Extraneous round window membranes and plugs: Possible effect on intratympanic therapy

Annals of Otology, Rhinology and Laryngology

Volumn 109, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 30-32

  Alzamil, Khalid S ^a,b   Linthicum Jr , Fred H ^a  

^a HOUSE EAR INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b King Fahd Military Medical Complex   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Fat plug; Fibrous tissue; Inner ear; Intratympanic therapy; Medication; Middle ear; Round window membrane; Tinnitus; Vertigo

Indexed keywords

ANTIVERTIGO AGENT; EAR DROPS;

ADULT; AGED; ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ARTICLE; COCHLEA FENESTRA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPORAL BONE; TINNITUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERTIGO;

EID: 0033956063     PISSN: 00034894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/000348940010900105     Document Type: Article

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