Otalgia in children

Journal of the National Medical Association

Volumn 92, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 254-260

  Leung, Alexander K C ^a   Fong, Justine H S ^b   Leong, Alexander G ^b  

^a ALBERTA CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Earache; Etiology; Otalgia; Referred pain

Indexed keywords

ANAMNESIS; CHILD; HUMAN; OTALGIA; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; REVIEW;

CHILD; EARACHE; HUMANS; MEDICAL HISTORY TAKING; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION;

EID: 0034180789     PISSN: 00279684     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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