Cholesteatoma in aboriginal and non-aboriginal patients in the Northern Territory

Australian Journal of Otolaryngology

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 104-106

  Mason, Paul S ^a   Wabnitz, David A M ^a  

^a ROYAL DARWIN HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cholesteatoma; Chronic suppurative otitis media

Indexed keywords

ABORIGINE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CHOLESTEATOMA; CHRONIC OTITIS MEDIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; EAR SURGERY; FATALITY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MALE; POPULATION RESEARCH; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICAL DISTRIBUTION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURGICAL PATIENT; SYMPTOM;

EID: 0036824139     PISSN: 10372105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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