Retrolabyrinthine vestibular nerve section: A current appraisal

Ear, Nose and Throat Journal

Volumn 76, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 578-583

  Aristegui, Miguel ^a,b   Canalis, Rinaldo F ^a,c,f   Naguib, Maged ^a,d   Saleh, Essam ^a,d   Cokkeser, Yasar ^a,e   Mancini, Fernando ^a,e   Sanna, Mario ^a,e  

^a Hospital Central Cruz Roja ^*

^b HOSPITAL CENTRAL DE LA CRUZ ROJA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d Military Medical Academy   (Egypt)

^e ALEXANDRIA UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^f HARBOR UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HISTORY OF MEDICINE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MENIERE DISEASE; NEURECTOMY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; VERTIGO; VESTIBULAR NERVE;

EID: 0030874856     PISSN: 01455613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/014556139707600816     Document Type: Article

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