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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.
National Institutes of Health
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Body Fluids
Clinical Data Interchange Standards Consortium Terminology
Exocrine system
External Ear
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Highly Cited
2018
Highly Cited
2018
Hearing Loss in Adults.
S. Shin
New England Journal of Medicine
2018
Corpus ID: 3763907
Review
2017
Review
2017
Stingless Bee Honey, the Natural Wound Healer: A Review
Mohd Azri Abd Jalil
,
A. Kasmuri
,
H. Hadi
Skin Pharmacology and Physiology
2017
Corpus ID: 26278895
Background: The stingless bee is a natural type of bee that exists in almost every continent. The honey produced by this bee has…
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Review
2017
Review
2017
Clinical Practice Guideline (Update): Earwax (Cerumen Impaction)
S. Schwartz
,
A. Magit
,
+11 authors
Eugene R. Cunningham
Otolaryngology Head & Neck Surgery
2017
Corpus ID: 13328935
Objective This update of the 2008 American Academy of Otolaryngology—Head and Neck Surgery Foundation cerumen impaction clinical…
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Review
2017
Review
2017
Maple syrup urine disease: mechanisms and management
P. Blackburn
,
J. Gass
,
+5 authors
P. Atwal
The Application of Clinical Genetics
2017
Corpus ID: 5261060
Maple syrup urine disease (MSUD) is an inborn error of metabolism caused by defects in the branched-chain α-ketoacid…
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Review
2012
Review
2012
Hearing loss in older adults.
A. Walling
,
G. Dickson
American Family Physician
2012
Corpus ID: 37282508
Hearing loss affects approximately one-third of adults 61 to 70 years of age and more than 80 percent of those older than 85…
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Highly Cited
2006
Highly Cited
2006
A SNP in the ABCC11 gene is the determinant of human earwax type
K. Yoshiura
,
A. Kinoshita
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+36 authors
N. Niikawa
Nature Genetics
2006
Corpus ID: 3201966
Human earwax consists of wet and dry types. Dry earwax is frequent in East Asians, whereas wet earwax is common in other…
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Review
2004
Review
2004
Impacted cerumen: composition, production, epidemiology and management.
Julian F. Guest
,
M. Greener
,
A. Robinson
,
Andrew F. Smith
QJM : monthly journal of the Association of…
2004
Corpus ID: 42816128
In the UK, some 2.3 million people suffer cerumen ('ear wax') problems serious enough to warrant management, with approximately 4…
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Review
2003
Review
2003
Screening and management of adult hearing loss in primary care: scientific review.
B. Yueh
,
N. Shapiro
,
C. MacLean
,
P. Shekelle
Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA…
2003
Corpus ID: 32616331
CONTEXT Hearing loss is the third most prevalent chronic condition in older adults and has important effects on their physical…
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Highly Cited
2001
Highly Cited
2001
Microbiology of Normal External Auditory Canal
D. Stroman
,
P. Roland
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J. Dohar
,
Wayne Burt
The Laryngoscope
2001
Corpus ID: 36370583
Objectives To isolate and characterize bacteria and fungi from the healthy ear and to obtain susceptibility profiles on each…
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Highly Cited
1976
Highly Cited
1976
Audiologic evaluation of deaf children.
N. P. Erber
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C. M. Alencewicz
Journal of Speech and Hearing Disorders
1976
Corpus ID: 30427780
This paper describes an audiologic test battery for hearing-impaired children which includes otoscopic examination, tympanometry…
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