Does pregnancy affect otosclerosis?

Laryngoscope

Volumn 115, Issue 10 I, 2005, Pages 1833-1836

  Lippy, William H ^a   Berenholz, Leonard P ^a   Schuring, Arnold G ^a   Burkey, John M ^a  

^a Lippy Group for Ear   (United States)

Author keywords

Hearing loss; Otosclerosis; Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AIR; AIR CONDUCTION; ARTICLE; AUDITORY DISCRIMINATION; BONE CONDUCTION; BREAST FEEDING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FAMILY SIZE; FEMALE; HEARING LOSS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTIPARA; OTOSCLEROSIS; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PURE TONE AUDIOMETRY; STAPEDECTOMY;

ADULT; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES, OTOLOGICAL; FEMALE; HEARING LOSS; HEARING TESTS; HUMANS; OTOSCLEROSIS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STAPES SURGERY;

EID: 26944468241     PISSN: 0023852X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.MLG.0000187573.99335.85     Document Type: Article

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