Postnatal development of eustachian tube cartilage. A study of normal and cleft palate cases

International Journal of Pediatric Otorhinolaryngology

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 31-36

  Takasaki, Kenji ^a   Sando, Isamu ^a   Balaban, Carey D ^a   Ishijima, Ken ^a  

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

Author keywords

Cleft palate; Eustachian tube cartilage; Infant; Volume

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUDITORY TUBE; CARTILAGE; CLEFT PALATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFANT; OTITIS MEDIA; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CARTILAGE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLEFT PALATE; CULTURE TECHNIQUES; EUSTACHIAN TUBE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; PHOTOMICROGRAPHY; REFERENCE VALUES;

EID: 0034049580     PISSN: 01655876     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-5876(99)00292-X     Document Type: Article

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