Eustachian tube function before recurrence of otitis media with effusion

Archives of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery

Volumn 131, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 118-123

  Straetemans, Masja ^a   Van Heerbeek, Niels ^a   Schilder, Anne G M ^b   Feuth, Ton ^a   Rijkers, Ger T ^b   Zielhuis, Gerhard A ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUDITORY TUBE; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; FEMALE; FUNCTION TEST; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE EAR PRESSURE; MYRINGOTOMY; RECURRENT DISEASE; SECRETORY OTITIS MEDIA; SNIFFING; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EUSTACHIAN TUBE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE EAR VENTILATION; OTITIS MEDIA WITH EFFUSION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECURRENCE;

EID: 13444261096     PISSN: 08864470     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archotol.131.2.118     Document Type: Article

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