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01-12-2017 | Letter to the Editor

Reply to the letter to the editor concerning: Chronic rhinosinusitis with nasal polyps are associated with chronic otitis media in the elderly

Authors: Seung-No Hong, Seung Hoon Lee, Jeong-Whun Kim

Published in: European Archives of Oto-Rhino-Laryngology | Issue 12/2017

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We appreciate your interest in our recently published study entitled “Chronic rhinosinusitis with nasal polyps are associated with chronic otitis media in the elderly” [1]. The comments raised by the reader can be summarized that the assessment of laryngopharyngeal reflux and the shape of the Eustachian tube should be considered in the relationship between chronic rhinosinusitis (CRS) with nasal polyps and chronic otitis media (COM). …

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Title: Reply to the letter to the editor concerning: Chronic rhinosinusitis with nasal polyps are associated with chronic otitis media in the elderly
Authors: Seung-No Hong
Seung Hoon Lee
Jeong-Whun Kim
Publication date: 01-12-2017
Publisher: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Published in: European Archives of Oto-Rhino-Laryngology / Issue 12/2017
Print ISSN: 0937-4477
Electronic ISSN: 1434-4726
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00405-017-4730-5

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