Prussak's space revisited

American Journal of Otology

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 512-520

  Palva, Tauno ^a,b   Ramsay, Hans ^a   Böhling, Tom ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

Epitympanic diaphragm; Epitympanic folds; Epitympanum; Lateral malleal space; Prussak's space

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; ARTICLE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MIDDLE EAR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPORAL BONE;

CULTURE TECHNIQUES; HUMANS; MALLEUS; TEMPORAL BONE; TYMPANIC MEMBRANE;

EID: 0030016755     PISSN: 01929763     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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