Evidence against neonatal aspiration of keratinizing epithelium as a cause of congenital cholesteatoma

Laryngoscope

Volumn 113, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 449-451

  Bernal Sprekelsen, Manuel ^a,c   Sudhoff, Holger ^b   Hildmann, Henning ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^c HOSPITAL CLÍNIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

Amniotic fluid; Congenital cholesteatoma; Meconium; Middle ear; Temporal bones

Indexed keywords

AMNION FLUID; ARTICLE; CHOLESTEATOMA; EPITHELIUM CELL; FETUS DEATH; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFANT; INFLAMMATORY INFILTRATE; KERATINIZATION; LYMPHOCYTIC INFILTRATION; MECONIUM ASPIRATION; MIDDLE EAR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SQUAMOUS EPITHELIUM; SUDDEN INFANT DEATH SYNDROME; TEMPORAL BONE;

CELL MOVEMENT; CHOLESTEATOMA, MIDDLE EAR; EPITHELIUM; HUMANS; INFANT; INHALATION; KERATINS; LYMPHOCYTES; TEMPORAL BONE;

EID: 0037336252     PISSN: 0023852X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005537-200303000-00011     Document Type: Article

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