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Epidemiologic studies already done on the frequency of tympanic membrane retractions have been rare and almost exclusively exploring pediatric populations. Numerous studies agreed on the fact that in the presence of otitis media, the frequency of tympanic membrane pathologies is significantly higher.

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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). Tympanic Membrane Retraction Pockets. In: Tympanic Membrane Retraction Pocket. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-13996-8_4

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