Isolated preauricular pits and tags: Is it necessary to investigate renal abnormalities and hearing impairment?

European Archives of Oto-Rhino-Laryngology

Volumn 265, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1057-1060

  Firat, Yezdan ^a   Şireci, Şule ^a   Yakinci, Cengiz ^a   Akarçay, Mustafa ^a   Karakaş, Hakki Muammer ^a   Firat, Ahmet Kemal ^a   Kizilay, Ahmet ^a   Selimoǧlu, Erol ^a  

^a INONU UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Hearing impairment; Preauricular pit; Preauricular tag; Renal abnormality

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; EXTERNAL EAR MALFORMATION; FEMALE; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HUMAN; KIDNEY MALFORMATION; MALE; OTOACOUSTIC EMISSION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; URINALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; EAR, EXTERNAL; FEMALE; HEARING DISORDERS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; KIDNEY; KIDNEY DISEASES; MALE; OTOACOUSTIC EMISSIONS, SPONTANEOUS; OTOSCOPY; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; URINALYSIS;

EID: 48349147110     PISSN: 09374477     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00405-008-0595-y     Document Type: Article

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