Surgical anatomy of the facial nerve in Chinese mastoids

ORL

Volumn 61, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 341-344

  Low, Wong Kein ^a  

^a SINGAPORE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Chinese; Ear; Ethnic; Facial nerve; Facial palsy; Mastoid; Mastoidectomy; Race

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHINESE; CHORDA TYMPANI; FACIAL NERVE; FACIAL NERVE PARALYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MASTOID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; SURGICAL ANATOMY; TEMPORAL BONE;

ADULT; CHINA; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; FACIAL NERVE; HUMANS; MASTOID;

EID: 0032696976     PISSN: 03011569     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000027696     Document Type: Article

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