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Middle Ear Pressure Regulation: Physiology and Pathology

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Based on the previous anatomical knowledge, this chapter will explain the adequate link between the function of ME ventilation and the aspects of its disorders in the pathophysiology of tympanic membrane retractions.

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  1. Hospital Sacre Coeur Lebanese University, Beirut, Lebanon

    Salah Mansour

  2. Aix-Marseille University, Marseille, France

    Jacques Magnan

  3. Department of Otolaryngology, Hamad Medical Corporation, Doha, Qatar

    Hassan Haidar

  4. Lebanese University Middle East Institute of Health, Bsalim, Lebanon

    Karen Nicolas

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Mansour, S., Magnan, J., Haidar, H., Nicolas, K. (2015). Middle Ear Pressure Regulation: Physiology and Pathology. In: Tympanic Membrane Retraction Pocket. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-13996-8_3

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