The influence of measles vaccination on the incidence of otosclerosis in Germany

European Archives of Oto-Rhino-Laryngology

Volumn 264, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 741-748

  Arnold, Wolfgang ^a   Busch, Raymonde ^a   Arnold, Andreas ^b   Ritscher, Björn ^a   Neiss, Albrecht ^a   Niedermeyer, Hans Peter ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Incidence; Measles virus; Otosclerosis; Sex differences; Vaccination

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; GERMANY; GROUPS BY AGE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASLES VACCINATION; MEASLES VIRUS; MEDICAL LITERATURE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OTITIS MEDIA; OTOSCLEROSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX RATIO; STATISTICS; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ADULT; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GERMANY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MEASLES; MEASLES VACCINE; MEASLES VIRUS; OTOSCLEROSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; TIME FACTORS; VACCINATION;

EID: 34249341746     PISSN: 09374477     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00405-007-0253-9     Document Type: Article

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