Auris Nasus Larynx
Volume 39, Issue 1 , Pages 1-8 , February 2012

Clinical practice guidelines for the diagnosis and management of acute otitis media (AOM) in children in Japan

  • Subcommittee of Clinical Practice Guideline for Diagnosis and Management of Acute Otitis Media in Children (Japan Otological Society, Japan Society for Pediatric Otorhinolaryngology, Japan Society for Infectious Diseases in Otolaryngology)

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding author: Haruo TakahashiDepartment of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery, Nagasaki University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Sakamoto 1-7-1, Nagasaki City, 852-8501, Japan. Tel.: +81 95 819 7349; fax: +81 95 819 7352.E-mail address: htak0831@nagasaki-u.ac.jp.

Received 11 July 2011 ,Accepted 21 October 2011.

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doi: 10.1016/j.anl.2011.09.008

Auris Nasus Larynx
Volume 39, Issue 1 , Pages 1-8 , February 2012

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