References
- Ars B. Balance of pressure variations in the middle ear cleft. Fibrocartilaginous Eustachian tube–middle ear cleft, B Ars. Kugler Publications, The Hague 2003; 57–66
- Chatellier HP, Lemoine J. Le diaphragme inter-attico-tympanique du nouveau-né. Description de sa morphologie, considerations sur son rôle pathogénique dans les oto-mastoïdites cloisonnées du nourrisson. Ann Otolaryngol 1946; 13: 534–6
- Ars B, Ars-Piret N. Morpho-functional partition of the middle ear cleft. Acta Otorhinolaryngol Belg 1997; 51: 181–4
- Ars B, Ars-Piret N. Compartimentation morpho-fonctionnelle de l'oreille moyenne. J F ORL 1998; 47: 82–8
- Ars B. Middle ear cleft: three structural sets, two functional sets. Otorhinolaryngol Nova 1998; 8: 273–6
- Tos M. Anatomy and histology of the middle ear. Clin Rev Allergy 1984; 2: 267–84
- Sade J. Middle ear mucosa. Arch Otolaryngol 1966; 84: 137–64
- Sade J. Ciliary activity and middle ear clearance. Arch Otolaryngol 1967; 86: 128–35
- Sade J. Clearance of middle ear effusions and middle ear pressures. Ann Otol Rhinol Laryngol 1976; 85: 58–62
- Sade J, Luntz M. Middle ear as a gas pocket. Ann Otol Rhinol Laryngol 1990; 99: 529–34
- Ars B, Ars-Piret N. Middle ear pressure balance under normal conditions. Specific role of the middle ear structures. Acta Otorhinolaryngol Belg 1994; 48: 339–42
- Ars B, Wuyts F, Van de Heyning P, Miled I, Bogers J, Van Marck E. Histo-morphometric study of the normal middle ear mucosa; preliminary results supporting the gas-exchange function in the postero-superior part of the middle ear. Acta Otolaryngol (Stockh) 1997; 117: 704–7
- Sade J. Middle ear and auditory tube: middle ear clearance, gas exchange and pressure regulation. Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 1997; 116: 499–524
- Paparella M, Brady D, Hoel R. Sensorineural hearing loss in chronic otitis media and mastoiditis. Trans Am Acad Ophthalmol Otolaryngol 1970; 74: 108
- Bernstein JM, Hayes ER. Middle ear mucosa in health and disease. Arch Otolaryngol 1971; 94: 30–5
- Lim D. Normal and pathological mucosa of the middle ear and Eustachian tube. Clin Otolaryngol 1979; 4: 213–34
- Alper C, Doyle W, Seroky JT. Higher rates of pressure decrease in inflamed compared with non inflamed middle ears. Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 1999; 121: 98–102
- Bluestone CH. Studies in otitis media: Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh University of Pittsburgh Progress report – 2004. Laryngoscope 2004; 114(Suppl): 1–26
- Klagsbrun M, Soker S. VEGF/VPF: the angiogenesis factor found?. Curr Biol 1993; 3: 699–702
- Robbins J. Pathologic basis of disease5th edn. Saunders, Philadelphia 1994; 53–7
- Weibel E. Stereological methods. In: Practical methods for biological morphometry. Harcourt Brace Jovanovitch 1979; 204–16: 322–31
- Kanick S, Doyle W, Ghadiali S, Federspiel W. On morphometric measurement of oxygen diffusing capacity in middle ear gas exchange. J Appl Physiol 2005; 98: 114–19
- Schuknecht H. Temporal bone removal at autopsy: preparation and uses. Arch Otolaryngol 1968; 87: 129–32
- Hamada Y, Utahashi H, Aoki K. Physiological gas exchange in the middle ear cavity. Int J Pediatr Otorhinolaryngol 2002; 64: 49
- Sade J, Cinamon U, Ar A, Siefert A. Gas flow into and within the middle ear. Otol Neurotol 2004; 25: 649–52