The effect of Vitamin E treatment on the development of myringosclerosis after ventilation tube insertion

International Journal of Pediatric Otorhinolaryngology

Volumn 70, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1045-1048

  Uneri, Cüneyd ^a   Baǧlam, Tekin ^a   Yazici, Mine ^a  

^a MARMARA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Myringosclerosis; Ventilation tube insertion; Vitamin E

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ANTIOXIDANT;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MALE; MICROSCOPY; MIDDLE EAR DISEASE; MYRINGOSCLEROSIS; MYRINGOTOMY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TYMPANOSTOMY TUBE;

ANTIOXIDANTS; CHILD; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MICROSCOPY; MIDDLE EAR VENTILATION; SCLEROSIS; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; TYMPANIC MEMBRANE; VITAMIN E;

EID: 33646078588     PISSN: 01655876     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijporl.2005.10.019     Document Type: Article

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