Temporomandibular Joint Osteoarthritis: A Cause of a Serous Otitis Media? A Case Report

Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery

Volumn 62, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 97-100

  Scolozzi, Paolo ^a,c   Becker, Minerva ^b   Richter, Michel ^a  

^a Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Unit   (Switzerland)

^b Division of Radiology

^c GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTHROCENTESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE COURSE; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MUSCLE SPASM; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PALPATION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PHYSIOTHERAPY; SEROUS OTITIS MEDIA; SPIRAL COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; TEMPOROMANDIBULAR JOINT DISORDER;

EID: 0346964288     PISSN: 02782391     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.joms.2003.01.002     Document Type: Article

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