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. 2015 Oct;40(5):407-11.
doi: 10.1111/coa.12475.

Eustachian tube dysfunction: consensus statement on definition, types, clinical presentation and diagnosis

A G M Schilder  1   2 , M F Bhutta  1   2 , C C Butler  3 , C Holy  4 , L H Levine  4   5 , K J Kvaerner  6   7 , G Norman  8 , R J Pennings  9 , D Poe  10 , J T Silvola  11 , H Sudhoff  12 , V J Lund  1   2
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Eustachian tube dysfunction: consensus statement on definition, types, clinical presentation and diagnosis

A G M Schilder et al. Clin Otolaryngol. 2015 Oct.
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Symptoms and signs used to define Eustachian tube dysfunction (ETD) and the subtypes of acute ETD, chronic ETD, baro-challenge-induced ETD and patulous Eustachian tube.
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