The morphological differences of stereocilia and cuticular plates between type-l and type-II hair cells of human vestibular sensory epithelia

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Volumn 59, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 193-197

  Morita, Ichiro ^a   Komatsuzaki, A ^b   Tatsuoka, H ^c  

^a Self Defense Forces Central Hospital   (Japan)

^b TOKYO MEDICAL AND DENTAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Acoustic neurinoma; Macula utriculi; Three dimensional reconstruction; Transmission electron microscope

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC NEURINOMA; ARTICLE; CELL COUNT; CELL STRUCTURE; CELL TYPE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; HAIR CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; NEUROEPITHELIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEREOCILIUM; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; UTRICLE; VESTIBULAR SYSTEM;

CILIA; HAIR CELLS, VESTIBULAR; HUMANS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; NEUROMA, ACOUSTIC;

EID: 0030788216     PISSN: 03011569     EISSN: 14230275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000276939     Document Type: Article

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