Epidemiology and pathogenesis of otitis media: Construction of a phenotype landscape

Audiology and Neurotology

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 210-223

  Bhutta, Mahmood F ^a,b,c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c MRC Harwell   (United Kingdom)

^d ROYAL LONDON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Nosology; Otitis media; Phenotype

Indexed keywords

ACUTE OTITIS MEDIA; AGE; ATELECTASIS; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; CHOLESTEATOMA; CHRONICITY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; EOSINOPHILIA; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; HUMAN; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; OTITIS MEDIA; PHENOTYPE; POPULATION GENETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; REVIEW; SECRETORY OTITIS MEDIA; SEX DIFFERENCE; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; VASCULITIS; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR;

HUMANS; OTITIS MEDIA; PHENOTYPE; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84899776045     PISSN: 14203030     EISSN: 14219700     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000358549     Document Type: Review

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