Incidence and outcome of middle ear disease in cleft lip and/or cleft palate

International Journal of Pediatric Otorhinolaryngology

Volumn 67, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 785-793

  Sheahan, Patrick ^a,c   Miller, Ian ^a   Sheahan, Jerome N ^b   Earley, Michael J ^a   Blayney, Alexander W ^a  

^a CHILDREN S UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

^c NONE   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Children; Cleft palate; Hearing; Otitis media; Ventilation tubes

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHRONIC OTITIS MEDIA; CLEFT LIP; CLEFT PALATE; CONTINGENCY TABLE; DATA BASE; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FISHER EXACT TEST; GROUPS BY AGE; HEARING LOSS; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MIDDLE EAR DISEASE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TYMPANOSTOMY TUBE;

EID: 0038617360     PISSN: 01655876     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-5876(03)00098-3     Document Type: Article

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