Possible relationship between tympanoselerosis and atherosclerosis

Acta Oto-Laryngologica

Volumn 124, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 574-576

  Pirodda, Antonio ^a   Ferri, Gian Gaetano ^a   Bruzzi, Caterina ^a   Marini, Massimiliano ^a   Faggioli, Gianluca ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Carotid artery; Tympanic membrane; Vascular disease

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CAROTID ARTERY; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASE; CAROTID ENDARTERECTOMY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EAR DISEASE; EAR SURGERY; EARDRUM; FEMALE; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE EAR DISEASE; PATIENT SELECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZATION; SEX RATIO; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TYMPANOSCLEROSIS; VASCULAR DISEASE; ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; CASE CONTROL STUDY; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; SCLEROSIS;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; CAROTID ARTERIES; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; EAR DISEASES; ENDARTERECTOMY, CAROTID; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SCLEROSIS; TYMPANIC MEMBRANE;

EID: 3042741250     PISSN: 00016489     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00016480310014822     Document Type: Article

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