What Does Tympanostomy Tube Placement in Children Teach Us About the Association Between Atopic Conditions and Otitis Media?
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Assessment of the association between atopic conditions and tympanostomy tube placement in children
This study assesses the relationship between otitis media and atopic conditions in children by comparing the incidence of tympanostomy tube placement between children with and without atopic conditions: asthma, allergic rhinitis, and atopic dermatitis. Study subjects were a cohort of 323 healthy children who participated in a study of vaccine response. All episodes of tympanostomy tube placeme...
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عنوان ژورنال: Current Allergy and Asthma Reports
سال: 2014
ISSN: 1529-7322,1534-6315
DOI: 10.1007/s11882-014-0447-3