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Earwax

Known as: ear waxing, Wax, Ear, CERUMEN 
The yellow or brown waxy secretions produced by vestigial apocrine sweat glands in the external ear canal.
National Institutes of Health

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Body FluidsClinical Data Interchange Standards Consortium TerminologyExocrine systemExternal Ear

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Review
2008
Review
2008
Wax: An Overview
Ear wax is the common condition which every otolaryngologist encounters in there clinical practice. Wax production represents the… 
1990
1990
Hearing access 2000. Increasing awareness of the hearing impaired.
Because 90% of all institutionalized elderly have a hearing impairment, nurses in long-term care facilities need to improve the… 
1983
1983
Cerumen phenotype and epithelial dysplasia in nipple aspirates of breast fluid.
The relationship between presence of dysplastic epithelial cells in nipple aspirates of breast fluid and wet or dry cerumen… 
1982
1982
Bacterial flora of the external canal in diabetics and non-diabetics.
Diabetics are prone to severe Pseudomonas otitis externa, but it is unknown if this is due to abnormal colonization of the… 
1982
1982
Excessive cerumen production due to the aromatic retinoid Tigason in a patient with Darier's disease.
No abstract available. 
1981
1981
Indigenous nasopharyngeal, auditory canal, and middle ear bacterial flora of gerbils: animal model for otitis media
The indigenous microbial flora of the middle ear cavity of Mongolian gerbils, Meriones unguiculatus, was isolated, characterized… 
Review
1969
Review
1969
Blood groups, red cell enzymes, and cerumen types of the Ahousat (Nootka) Indians.
A survey of the blood groups of a Nootka band produced frequencies characteristic of North American Indians for the ABO system (0… 
1967
1967
The comparison of free and bound amino acids between dry and wet types of cerumen.
1) The wet and dry types of normal cerumens obtained from healthy Japanese children at seven to twelve years of age were… 
1962
1962
Microanalysis of "sebum" and sebum-like materials by temperature programmed gas chromatography.
AbstractA method employing temperature programmed gas-chromatography for the analysis of complicated lipid mixtures is described… 
1953
1953
A new symptom of fat deficiency in hamsters: profuse secretion of cerumen.