American Journal of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Medicine and Surgery
Volume 31, Issue 2 , Pages 96-103 , March 2010

Tympanometry in infants with middle ear effusion having been identified using spiral computerized tomography

  • Liu Zhiqi, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Otolaryngology, Hubei Women and Children Hospital, Wuhan, China
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Department of Otolaryngology, Hubei Women and Children Hospital, Wuhan 430070, China.
    • ,
  • Yang Kun, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Otolaryngology–Head & Neck Surgery, Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan, China
    • ,
  • Huang Zhiwu, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Otolaryngology–Head & Neck Surgery, Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan, China

Received 3 September 2008

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☆ All of the authors who have contributed to, read, and approved this article. None of the authors has any conflict of interest, financial or otherwise. This article has not been previously published, nor is it under consideration elsewhere.

PII: S0196-0709(08)00250-0

doi: 10.1016/j.amjoto.2008.11.008

American Journal of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Medicine and Surgery
Volume 31, Issue 2 , Pages 96-103 , March 2010

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