Brief report of a clinical trial on the duration of middle ear effusion in young children using a standardized osteopathic manipulative medicine Protocol

Journal of the American Osteopathic Association

Volumn 110, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 278-284

  Steele, Karen M ^a   Viola, Judith ^a   Burns, Erin ^a   Carreiro, Jane E ^a  

^a WEST VIRGINIA SCHOOL OF OSTEOPATHIC MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC IMPEDANCE; ACUTE DISEASE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; OSTEOPATHIC MEDICINE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SECRETORY OTITIS MEDIA;

ACOUSTIC IMPEDANCE TESTS; ACUTE DISEASE; CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MANIPULATION, OSTEOPATHIC; OTITIS MEDIA WITH EFFUSION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 77954690766     PISSN: 00986151     EISSN: 00986151     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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