Long-term tympanic membrane pathology dynamics and spontaneous healing in chronic suppurative otitis media

Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 139-144

  Jensen, Ramon Gordon ^a,b   Koch, Anders ^b   Homøe, Preben ^a  

^a Rigshospitalet   (Denmark)

^b STATENS SERUM INSTITUT   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Children; Chronic suppurative otitis media; Cohort study; Follow up; Tympanic membrane perforation

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHRONIC SUPPURATIVE OTITIS MEDIA; EAR SURGERY; EARDRUM DISEASE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALING; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; OTOSCOPY; PATHOGENESIS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; TYMPANOMETRY;

ACOUSTIC IMPEDANCE TESTS; ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GREENLAND; HUMANS; MALE; OTITIS MEDIA, SUPPURATIVE; OTOSCOPY; TYMPANIC MEMBRANE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84858148894     PISSN: 08913668     EISSN: 15320987     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/INF.0b013e318238c0a4     Document Type: Article

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