Acute Painful Conditions of the Ear
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The practical points in the differential diagnosis of the various acute painful conditions of the ear are not clearly mentioned in textbooks on the subject, and hence the following lines are meant to point out very briefly the important distinguishing features in their diagnosis. It is best to divide them into acute painful conditions of the external, middle and internal ear, and to referred pain in the region of the ear. The diagnosis of acute painful external ear conditions,
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عنوان ژورنال:
دوره 68 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2016