Inner ear pathology and otitis media. A review.
Insidious inner ear complications of otitis media have been and are being studied in our laboratory. The purpose of this paper is to review these studies, coordinate, capsulize and highlight the results with emphasis on the transport role of the round window membrane.
D000818:Animals; D002415:Cats; D002463:Cell Membrane Permeability; D003051:Cochlea / Q000473:pathology*; D004432:Ear, Middle / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D007762:Labyrinthitis / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology; D008566:Membranes / Q000648:ultrastructure; D010033:Otitis Media / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology*; D012405:Round Window, Ear / Q000473:pathology* / Q000648:ultrastructure