Difference in attachment of the tensor veli palatini muscle to the eustachian tube cartilage with age

Annals of Otology, Rhinology and Laryngology

Volumn 112, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 439-443

  Suzuki, Chiaki ^b   Sando, Isamu ^a   Balaban, Carey D ^b   Kitagawa, Miwa ^b   Takasaki, Kenji ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Aging; Eustachian tube; Human temporal bone; Postnatal development; Tensor veli palatini muscle attachment

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGING; ARTICLE; AUDITORY TUBE; CHILD; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; EAR CARTILAGE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFANT; NORMAL HUMAN; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPORAL BONE; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

EID: 0037837639     PISSN: 00034894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/000348940311200510     Document Type: Article

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