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Turkish Archives of Otolaryngology 2004; 42(4): 204-209 Abstract |
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Full Text in Turkish [PDF] 249 KB |
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Evaluation of Middle
Ear Joints with Audiometric Study in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis
Romatoid Artritte Orta
Kulak Eklemlerinin Tutulumunun Odyometrik Açıdan İncelenmesi |
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| Atatürk Training and Research Hospital, 2nd ENT Clinic, Izmir, Turkey |
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| Rheumatoid arthritis, audiometry, middle ear joints |
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Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a chronic systemic disease of unknown etiology, manifested primarily by inflammatory arthritis of peripheral joints. In middle ear, incudomalleal and incudostapedial joints may be affected. In this paper we researched middle ear joints with pure-tone audiometry, impedance audiometry and some vocal, supraliminary audiometry tests in rheumatoid arthritis patients. As a conclusion, in this study, middle ear joints of the patients with RA may effect as subclinical, but significant differences were not found between patient and control groups. |
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| Accepted: December 20, 2003 | |||
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Correspondence: |
Levent Şahin, MD Yalvaç Devlet Hastanesi Kulak Burun Boğaz Kliniği Yalvaç, Isparta - Türkiye, Phone: (0246) 441 72 80, Fax: (0246) 441 50 09
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Copyright © 2004-2005 by the Turkish Otolaryngology & Head and Neck Surgery Foundation. |
