Hearing loss in Angolan children with sickle-cell disease

Pediatrics International

Volumn 54, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 854-857

  Taipale, Anni ^a,c   Pelkonen, Tuula ^a,c   Bernardino, Luis ^a   Peltola, Heikki ^b,c   Pitkäranta, Anne ^a,c  

^a HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^c Hospital Pediatrico David Bernardino   (Angola)

Author keywords

Children; Developing countries; Hearing impairment; Otitis media; Sickle cell disease

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANGOLA; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHRONIC OTITIS MEDIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE EAR EFFUSION; OTITIS MEDIA; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PURE TONE AUDIOMETRY; SCHOOL CHILD; SICKLE CELL ANEMIA; TYMPANOMETRY;

ADOLESCENT; ANEMIA, SICKLE CELL; ANGOLA; AUDIOMETRY, PURE-TONE; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEARING LOSS; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84872815710     PISSN: 13288067     EISSN: 1442200X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-200X.2012.03719.x     Document Type: Article

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