External auditory canal pH in chronic otitis externa

Clinical Otolaryngology and Allied Sciences

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 320-324

  Martinez Devesa, P ^a,c   Willis, C M ^b   Capper, J W R ^a  

^a WYCOMBE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b AMERSHAM HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chronic otitis externa; Ear diseases; External auditory canal; pH

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CELL PH; CHRONIC OTITIS MEDIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EXTERNAL AUDITORY CANAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR;

ADULT; AGED; CHRONIC DISEASE; EAR CANAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OTITIS EXTERNA; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 0042031005     PISSN: 03077772     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2273.2003.00713.x     Document Type: Article

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