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Otitis media

Nature Reviews Disease Primers volume 2, Article number: 16064 (2016) Cite this article

Otitis media (OM) or inflammation of the middle ear is an umbrella term that encapsulates acute OM, OM with effusion and chronic suppurative OM. This PrimeView focuses on the diagnosis of OM, which mainly depends on clinical signs and symptoms, accompanied by diagnostic modalities.

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Otitis media. Nat Rev Dis Primers 2, 16064 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1038/nrdp.2016.64

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