Acute otitis media: Part I. Improving diagnostic accuracy

American Family Physician

Volumn 61, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 2051-2056

  Pichichero, Michael E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EARDRUM; HUMAN; MYRINGOTOMY; OTITIS MEDIA; OTOSCOPY; REFLECTOMETRY; SECRETORY OTITIS MEDIA; TYMPANOMETRY;

ACUTE DISEASE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; OTITIS MEDIA; OTITIS MEDIA WITH EFFUSION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; TYMPANIC MEMBRANE;

EID: 0034175711     PISSN: 0002838X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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