American Journal of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Medicine and Surgery
Volume 27, Issue 5 , Pages 334-340 , September 2006

Otosclerosis: etiopathogenesis and histopathology

  • Sebahattin Cureoglu, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Otolaryngology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA
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  • Patricia A. Schachern, BS

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgical Sciences, ENT Clinic, University of Udine, Udine, Italy
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  • Alfio Ferlito, MD, DLO, DPath, FRSM, FRCSEd, FRCS, FASCP, FRCSGlasg, FRCSI, MCAP, FACS, FRCPath, FHKCORL, FDSRCS

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgical Sciences, ENT Clinic, University of Udine, Udine, Italy
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding reviewer. Department of Surgical Sciences, ENT Clinic, University of Udine, Policlinico Universitario, Piazzale S. Maria della Misericordia, I-33100 Udine, Italy. Tel.: +39 0432 559302; fax: +39 0432 559339.
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  • Alessandra Rinaldo, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgical Sciences, ENT Clinic, University of Udine, Udine, Italy
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  • Vladimir Tsuprun, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Otolaryngology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA
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  • Michael M. Paparella, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Otolaryngology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA

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☆ This study was supported by Hubbard Broadcasting Foundation, Saint Paul, MN and The Starkey Hearing Foundation Eden Prairie, MN.

PII: S0196-0709(05)00217-6

doi: 10.1016/j.amjoto.2005.11.001

American Journal of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Medicine and Surgery
Volume 27, Issue 5 , Pages 334-340 , September 2006

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