Characterization of otitis media with effusion based on the ratio of albumin and immunoglobulin G concentrations in the effusion

Otology and Neurotology

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 663-667

  Rezes, Szilárd ^a,b   Késmárki, Katalin ^a   Sipka, Sándor ^a   Sziklai, István ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DEBRECEN   (Hungary)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DEBRECEN   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Cytokines; Otitis media with effusion

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C3; COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C4; GAMMA INTERFERON; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 4; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ADOLESCENT; ALBUMIN IMMUNOGLOBULIN G RATIO; ALLERGY TEST; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE EAR EFFUSION; NEPHELOMETRY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONTENT; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SECRETORY OTITIS MEDIA;

ADENOIDECTOMY; ADOLESCENT; ALBUMINS; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EXUDATES AND TRANSUDATES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; INTERFERON TYPE II; INTERLEUKIN-10; INTERLEUKIN-4; MALE; MIDDLE EAR VENTILATION; OTITIS MEDIA WITH EFFUSION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA;

EID: 34547779891     PISSN: 15317129     EISSN: 15374505     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.mao.0000281798.28950.ac     Document Type: Article

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