The role of atopy in otitis media with effusion among primary school children: Audiological investigation

European Archives of Oto-Rhino-Laryngology

Volumn 267, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1673-1678

  Martines, F ^a   Martinciglio, G ^a   Martines, E ^a   Bentivegna, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Allergy; Eustachian tube dysfunction; OME; Otitis media with effusion

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC REFLEX; ARTICLE; ATOPY; AUDIOMETRY; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CONDUCTION DEAFNESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE EAR EFFUSION; OTITIS MEDIA; OTOSCOPY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN TEST; ACOUSTIC IMPEDANCE; HYPERSENSITIVITY; IMMUNOLOGY; SECRETORY OTITIS MEDIA;

ACOUSTIC IMPEDANCE TESTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HEARING LOSS, CONDUCTIVE; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY; MALE; OTITIS MEDIA WITH EFFUSION; OTOSCOPY; PREVALENCE; REFLEX, ACOUSTIC; SICILY; SKIN TESTS;

EID: 79952199288     PISSN: 09374477     EISSN: 14344726     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00405-010-1297-9     Document Type: Article

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