EUSTACHIAN TUBE PATENCY DETECTED BY A PHOTOELECTRIC METHOD
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Update on eustachian tube dysfunction and the patulous eustachian tube.
PURPOSE OF REVIEW The purpose of this review is to summarize the recent knowledge on eustachian tube dysfunction and the patulous eustachian tube. RECENT FINDINGS A clinically useful test for eustachian tube function is still lacking. Narrowing of the isthmus alone was demonstrated to be an insufficient cause of otitis media. Inflammatory mediators identified within the eustachian tube and mi...
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عنوان ژورنال: The Laryngoscope
سال: 1987
ISSN: 0023-852X
DOI: 10.1288/00005537-198706000-00017