Early recognition of nasopharyngeal cancer in adults with only otitis media with effusion

Journal of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 362-365

  Ho, Kuen Yao ^a,b   Lee, Ka Wo ^a,b   Chai, Chee Yin ^a,b   Kuo, Wen Rei ^a,b   Wang, Hsun Mo ^a,b   Chien, Chen Yu ^a,b  

^a KAOHSIUNG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b KAOHSIUNG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Nasopharyngeal carcinoma; Otitis media effusion

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALLERGIC RHINITIS; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; NASAL BIOPSY; NASOPHARYNX CANCER; PARANASAL SINUSITIS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; SECRETORY OTITIS MEDIA; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TAIWAN; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOPSY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ENDOSCOPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NASOPHARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; NASOPHARYNX; OTITIS MEDIA WITH EFFUSION; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TAIWAN; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 64349107873     PISSN: 19160216     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2310/7070.2008.0071     Document Type: Article

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