Surgery for persistent otitis media with effusion: Generalizability of results from the UK trial (TARGET)

Clinical Otolaryngology and Allied Sciences

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 417-424

  Jones, N S ^a   Haggard, M P ^a   Gannon, M M ^a   Birkin, J A ^a   Bennett, K E ^a   Nicholls, E E ^a   Spencer, H ^a   Browning, G G ^a   Higson, J M ^a   Smith, S C ^a   Hind, S E ^a   Rovers, M M ^a   Egner, E M ^a   Hayman, T ^a   Greenwood, D C ^a   Carroll, R A ^a   Jones, H ^a   Richmond, T B ^a   Wade, A R ^a   Moorjani, P ^a   Pearson, D A S ^a   Kirk, G ^a   Baskill, J L ^a   Adams, D A ^a   Toner, J G ^a   Gibbin, K P ^a   Birchall, J P ^a   Thomas, R S A ^a   Narula, A A ^a   Murty, G E ^a   Griffiths, M V ^a   Wilson, J A ^a   Meikle, D ^a   Johnson, I J M ^a   Date, S ^a   Kerr, A I G ^a   Robinson, D ^a   Bull, P D ^a   Chapman, D F ^a   Parker, A J ^a   Curry, A R ^a   Williams, R G ^a   Morrissey, M S C ^a   Geddes, N K ^a   Zarod, A P ^a   Willatt, D J ^a   Proops, D ^a   Pearman, K ^a   Robb, P J ^a   MacKee, I ^a   Law, K ^a   Casey, M ^a   Megarry, A ^a   Smith, L ^a   Smethurst, H ^a   Pearce, G ^a   Hook, P ^a   Phipps, J ^a   Gibbs, S ^a   Dunster, S ^a   Brown, E ^a   Birch, E M ^a   Page, V ^a   Sim, A ^a   Sharples, G ^a   Crawford, J ^a   Davies, C ^a   Bartolo, J ^a   Edwards, C ^a   Wilson, J ^a   Johnson, N ^a   Baxendale, C ^a   Welsby, W ^a   Pickavance, N ^a   Cox, V ^a   Markham, K ^a   Robb, J A ^a   Flanagan, R ^a   Housten, G ^a   Jordan, G ^a   Bingham, M ^a   Cassidy, J ^a   Burns, C ^a   Hamill, C ^a   Glover, L ^a   Eccles, L ^a   Armstrong Bednall, G ^a   Towle, B ^a   Dyer, K ^a   Carr, J ^a   Herrod, J ^a   Levick, A ^a   Dunmore, P ^a   Parker Emery, C ^a   Sutton, R ^a   Gordon, C ^a   Midley, L ^a   Barnet, N ^a   more..

^a QUEEN S MEDICAL CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Controlled trials; Generalization; Otitis media with effusion; Validation

Indexed keywords

ADENOIDECTOMY; ARTICLE; AUDIOMETRY; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HEARING; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SECRETORY OTITIS MEDIA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TYMPANOMETRY; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ADENOIDECTOMY; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE EAR VENTILATION; OTITIS MEDIA WITH EFFUSION; RECURRENCE; REFERENCE VALUES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0034778487     PISSN: 03077772     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2273.2001.00495.x     Document Type: Article

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