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The genetics of otitis media.
Current allergy and asthma reports - 1 Jul 2001
Casselbrant M L, Mandel E M
Abstract excerpt
There is significant evidence from epidemiologic, anatomic, physiologic, and immunologic studies that susceptibility to recurrent episodes of acute otitis media (OM) and persistent OM with effusion is largely genetically determined. The genetics of OM are most likely complex, i.e., many genes are probably contributing to the overall phenotype. The knowledge of a hereditary component has important implications...
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