Eustachian tube gland changes in acute otitis media

Otology and Neurotology

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 14-18

  Cayé Thomasen, Per ^a   Tos, Mirko ^a  

^a GENTOFTE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Animal model; Cell biology; Histopathology; Middle ear infection

Indexed keywords

MUCIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; AUDITORY TUBE; CELL DENSITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; GOBLET CELL; HYPERTROPHY; INOCULATION; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MICROSCOPY; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; OTITIS MEDIA; PERIODIC ACID SCHIFF STAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RAT; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; ACUTE DISEASE; ANIMAL; DISEASE MODEL; EPITHELIUM; EXOCRINE GLAND; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION; SUPPURATIVE OTITIS MEDIA;

ACUTE DISEASE; ANIMALS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; EPITHELIUM; EUSTACHIAN TUBE; EXOCRINE GLANDS; GOBLET CELLS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; OTITIS MEDIA, SUPPURATIVE; PNEUMOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY;

EID: 4043101731     PISSN: 15317129     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00129492-200401000-00003     Document Type: Article

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