Ultrastructural analysis of the vestibular nerve in Meniere's disease

Auris Nasus Larynx

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 27-30

  Kitamura, Ken ^a   Kaminaga, Chiori ^a   Ishida, Takashi ^a   Silverstein, Herbert ^b  

^a JICHI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Ear Research Foundation   (United States)

Author keywords

Meniere's disease; Ultrastructural analysis; Vestibular nerve

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MENIERE DISEASE; NERVE DEGENERATION; NEURECTOMY; ULTRASTRUCTURE; VESTIBULAR NERVE;

ADULT; AGED; HUMANS; MENIERE'S DISEASE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; NERVE DEGENERATION; VESTIBULAR NERVE;

EID: 0031002395     PISSN: 03858146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0385-8146(96)00007-7     Document Type: Article

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