Eustachian Tube Function and the Middle Ear

Otolaryngologic Clinics of North America

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1221-1235

  Seibert, John W ^a   Danner, Christopher J ^b  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Skull Base Surgery   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIHISTAMINIC AGENT; BECLOMETASONE; DECONGESTIVE AGENT; DEXAMETHASONE; NITROUS OXIDE; PLACEBO; STEROID;

AERATION; ALLERGIC RHINITIS; ANATOMY; AUDITORY TUBE; AUDITORY TUBE DYSFUNCTION; CHOLESTEATOMA; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLEFT PALATE; CLINICAL TRIAL; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GASTRITIS; HEARING; HUMAN; MIDDLE EAR; MIDDLE EAR EFFUSION; MUSCLE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; RADIATION; REVIEW; SINUSITIS; SMOKING; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; VIRUS INFECTION;

CHOLESTEATOMA, MIDDLE EAR; EAR DISEASES; EUSTACHIAN TUBE; HUMANS; OTITIS MEDIA WITH EFFUSION; OTOLOGIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES;

EID: 33750621689     PISSN: 00306665     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.otc.2006.08.011     Document Type: Review

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