A cross-sectional study of the change in mastoid geometry with age in children without a history of otitis media

Laryngoscope

Volumn 122, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 649-653

  Swarts, J Douglas ^a   Foley, Sean ^b   Alper, Cuneyt M ^a   Doyle, William J ^a  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

geometry; growth; Mastoid; middle ear

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL EVALUATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GEOMETRY; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MASTOID; OTITIS MEDIA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; SURFACE PROPERTY;

ADOLESCENT; AGING; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MASTOID; OTITIS MEDIA; REFERENCE VALUES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84857456572     PISSN: 0023852X     EISSN: 15314995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/lary.22500     Document Type: Article

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