Prevention of otitis media with effusion by repeated air inflation in a monkey model

Archives of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery

Volumn 126, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 609-614

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

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AERATION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; AUDITORY TUBE DYSFUNCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EARDRUM; FOLLOW UP; MACACA; MIDDLE EAR PRESSURE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SECRETORY OTITIS MEDIA; TYMPANOMETRY;

EID: 0034070384     PISSN: 08864470     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archotol.126.5.609     Document Type: Article

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