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Title:

Otosclerosis and measles virus - association or causation?

Document type:
Journal Article; Review
Author(s):
Niedermeyer, HP; Arnold, W
Abstract:
Otosclerosis is a frequent condition which occurs exclusively in the human temporal bone. This peculiar disease affects mainly Caucasians and Indians and may cause conductive, mixed conductive-sensorineural or occasionally merely sensorineural hearing loss. Morphological investigations of the otosclerotic focus show all three phases of a chronic inflammation with bone resorption, formation of new bone and finally eburnation. Various hypotheses about the cause of inflammation were proposed in the...     »
Journal title abbreviation:
ORL J Otorhinolaryngol Relat Spec
Year:
2008
Journal volume:
70
Journal issue:
1
Pages contribution:
63-9; discussion 69-70
Language:
eng
Fulltext / DOI:
doi:10.1159/000111049
Pubmed ID:
http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18235207
Print-ISSN:
0301-1569
TUM Institution:
Hals-Nasen-Ohrenklinik und Poliklinik
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