Herpes zoster oticus: Correlations between clinical and MRI findings

European Neurology

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 26-31

  Berrettini, Stefano ^a,b   Bianchi, Maria Cristina ^b   Segnini, Giovanni ^a   Sellari Franceschini, Stefano ^a   Bruschini, Paolo ^a   Montanaro, Domenico ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Herpes tester oticus; Magnetic resonance imaging

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; FACIAL NERVE; FACIAL NERVE PARALYSIS; FEMALE; HERPES ZOSTER OTICUS; HUMAN; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; VESTIBULOCOCHLEAR NERVE;

ADULT; AUDIOMETRY; FEMALE; HERPES ZOSTER OTICUS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; VESTIBULAR FUNCTION TESTS;

EID: 0031973236     PISSN: 00143022     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000007900     Document Type: Article

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