TY - JOUR
T1 - Age-Related Increase of Spontaneous Aural Cholesteatoma in the Mongolian Gerbil
AU - Henry, Kenneth R.
AU - Chole, Richard A.
AU - Mcginn, Michael D.
PY - 1983/1
Y1 - 1983/1
N2 - The Mongolian gerbil is the only nonhuman animal known to spontaneously develop aural cholesteatomas. In this rodent, both the prevalence of spontaneous cholesteatomas and the resultant peripheral auditory evoked potential threshold increases from 6 to 18 months of age. By 24 months, the end of their median life span, other factors begin to affect auditory function. Therefore, the electrocochleographic technique can be efficiently used to nontraumatically trace the development of the cholesteatoma from 6 to 18 months, providing an experimental method for evaluating techniques to prevent or retard the growth of aural cholesteatomas. (Arch Otolaryngol 1983;109:19-21).
AB - The Mongolian gerbil is the only nonhuman animal known to spontaneously develop aural cholesteatomas. In this rodent, both the prevalence of spontaneous cholesteatomas and the resultant peripheral auditory evoked potential threshold increases from 6 to 18 months of age. By 24 months, the end of their median life span, other factors begin to affect auditory function. Therefore, the electrocochleographic technique can be efficiently used to nontraumatically trace the development of the cholesteatoma from 6 to 18 months, providing an experimental method for evaluating techniques to prevent or retard the growth of aural cholesteatomas. (Arch Otolaryngol 1983;109:19-21).
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U2 - 10.1001/archotol.1983.00800150023004
DO - 10.1001/archotol.1983.00800150023004
M3 - Article
C2 - 6848101
AN - SCOPUS:0020532926
SN - 0003-9977
VL - 109
SP - 19
EP - 21
JO - Archives of Otolaryngology
JF - Archives of Otolaryngology
IS - 1
ER -