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Susceptibility to otitis media
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Susceptibility to otitis media

Garth D Ehrlich and J Christopher Post
JAMA : the journal of the American Medical Association, Vol.282(22), p2167
08 Dec 1999

Abstract

Ears & hearing Genetics Infections Children & youth
Otitis media is the most common reason that children receive antibiotics or undergo surgical care. A new study demonstrates, through a comparative study of monozygotic and dizygotic twin pairs, that otitis media in children has a strong heritable component.

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