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Earwax
Known as:
ear waxing
, Wax, Ear
, Cerumen
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The yellow or brown waxy secretions produced by vestigial apocrine sweat glands in the external ear canal.
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Body Fluids
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Earwax
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2009
2009
Earwax, osmidrosis, and breast cancer: why does one SNP (538G>A) in the human ABC transporter ABCC11 gene determine earwax type?
Yu Toyoda
,
Aki Sakurai
,
+9 authors
Toshihisa Ishikawa
FASEB journal : official publication of the…
2009
One single-nucleotide polymorphism (SNP), 538G>A (Gly180Arg), in the ABCC11 gene determines the type of earwax. The G/G and G/A…Â
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2007
2007
A strong association between human earwax-type and apocrine colostrum secretion from the mammary gland
Kiyonori Miura
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Koh-ichiro Yoshiura
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+7 authors
Hideaki Masuzaki
Human Genetics
2007
Here we provided the first genetic evidence for an association between the degree of apocrine colostrum secretion and human…Â
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2001
2001
Microbiology of normal external auditory canal.
David W Stroman
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Per Roland
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Joseph E. Dohar
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Winona Burt
The Laryngoscope
2001
OBJECTIVES To isolate and characterize bacteria and fungi from the healthy ear and to obtain susceptibility profiles on each…Â
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2000
2000
In pursuit of ceruminolytic agents: a study of earwax composition.
C N Burkhart
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Craig Nathaniel Burkhart
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S. Williams
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Philip C Andrews
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Vijay Adappa
,
James Arbogast
The American journal of otology
2000
OBJECTIVE To assess the protein and simple sugar content of earwax in pursuit of better ceruminolytic agents. STUDY DESIGN…Â
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2000
2000
The hearing profile of Nigerian school children.
B. O. Olusanya
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Anthony Okolo
,
Gbolagonte T. Ijaduola
International journal of pediatric…
2000
The paucity of up-to-date and representative epidemiological data on hearing disorders in Nigeria has been observed as…Â
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1997
Highly Cited
1997
A cost-effectiveness analysis of earwax softeners.
Shimon Spiro
The Nurse practitioner
1997
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1997
1997
New combination for the therapy of canine otitis externa. I. Microbiology of otitis externa.
Gabriella Kiss
,
S Radványi
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Gyula Péter Szigeti
The Journal of small animal practice
1997
In order to compound a new drug combination against canine otitis externa (OE), 515 dogs affected with OE were subjected to…Â
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1996
1996
Prevalence of otitis media, hearing impairment and cerumen impaction among school children in rural and urban Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.
B M Minja
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A Machemba
International journal of pediatric…
1996
Eight hundred and two (802) primary school children in rural and urban Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, were examined to determine the…Â
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1991
1991
The organic composition of earwax.
Isao Okuda
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Brendan Bingham
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Patrick N. Stoney
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Mary Ann Hawke
The Journal of otolaryngology
1991
Earwax is a mixture of desquamated keratinocytes and hair combined with the secretions of both the ceruminous and the sebaceous…Â
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1975
1975
Association of race, age, menopausal status, and cerumen type with breast fluid secretion in nonlactating women, as determined by nepple aspiration.
Nicholas L. Petrakis
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Lyndel Mason
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R. Lee
,
B Sugimoto
,
Steven Pawson
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F Catchpool
Journal of the National Cancer Institute
1975
Biologic and physiologic factors associated with the availability of breast secretions by a nipple aspiration technique were…Â
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