Daily home tympanometry to study the pathogenesis of otitis media

Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

Volumn 21, Issue 9, 2002, Pages 882-885

  Antonio, Stephanie Moody ^a   Don, Debra ^a   Doyle, William J ^a   Alper, Cuneyt M ^a  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

Otitis media; Tympanometry; Viral upper respiratory tract infections

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUDIOMETRY; AUDITORY TUBE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HOME MONITORING; HUMAN; MALE; OTITIS MEDIA; OTOSCOPY; PATHOGENESIS; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TYMPANOMETRY;

ACOUSTIC IMPEDANCE TESTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMON COLD; HUMANS; OTITIS MEDIA; SEASONS; TYMPANIC MEMBRANE;

EID: 0036376888     PISSN: 08913668     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006454-200209000-00022     Document Type: Article

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