Otitis media with effusion: An update

Medical Journal of Malaysia

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 376-383

  Pang, K P ^a   Ang, A H C ^a   Tan, H K K ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Hearing loss; Otitis media with effusion; Treatment

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIHISTAMINIC AGENT; CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE; EPHEDRINE; ERYTHROMYCIN; MUCOLYTIC AGENT; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PROSTAGLANDIN INHIBITOR; STEROID;

ADENOIDECTOMY; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; BRAIN DISEASE; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; EARDRUM PERFORATION; FACIAL NERVE PARALYSIS; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEARING AID; HEARING LOSS; HUMAN; LABYRINTHITIS; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; MASTOIDITIS; MIDDLE EAR EFFUSION; OTITIS MEDIA; REVIEW; SCLEROSIS; TYMPANOSTOMY TUBE;

AGE FACTORS; CHILD; HUMANS; INFANT; OTITIS MEDIA WITH EFFUSION; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0036762058     PISSN: 03005283     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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