title: In reference to A new theory on the pathogenesis of acquired cholesteatoma: mucosal traction.
authors.affiliation: Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taiwan, ROC.|Department of Otolaryngology, Taoyuan Armed Forces General Hospital, Taiwan, ROC.
authors.forename: Chin-Lung
authors.initials: CL
authors.lastname: Kuo
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D018424:Cholesteatoma, Middle Ear / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000473:pathology*; D002925:Ciliary Motility Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009079:Mucociliary Clearance; D009092:Mucous Membrane / Q000473:pathology*