Vascular-decompression surgery for severe tinnitus

American Journal of Otology

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 569-576

  Brookes, Gerald B ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL HOSPITAL FOR NEUROLOGY AND NEUROSURGERY   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cochleovestibular; Tinnitus; Vascular compression

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COCHLEAR NERVE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NERVE COMPRESSION; NERVE DECOMPRESSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TINNITUS;

ADULT; AGED; COCHLEA; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TINNITUS; VESTIBULE;

EID: 0030036514     PISSN: 01929763     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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