A morphological and morphometric study of the peripheral process of the human vestibular nerve following posterior cranial fossa neurectomy

Journal of Laryngology and Otology

Volumn 113, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 967-972

  Kitamura, Ken ^a   Takahashi, Katsumasa ^b   Kakoi, Hiroyuki ^b   Sugimoto, Taro ^a   Silverstein, Herbert ^c  

^a TOKYO MEDICAL AND DENTAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b JICHI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c Ear Research Foundation   (United States)

Author keywords

Nerve degeneration; Nerve regeneration; Surgery, operative; Vestibular nerve

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BASEMENT MEMBRANE; CASE REPORT; CELL PROLIFERATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERNAL AUDITORY CANAL; MENIERE DISEASE; MORPHOMETRICS; MYELINATED NERVE; NERVE CELL; NERVE DEGENERATION; NERVE FIBER; NERVE REGENERATION; NEURECTOMY; POSTERIOR FOSSA; REMYELINIZATION; SCHWANN CELL; VESTIBULAR NERVE;

EID: 0032751819     PISSN: 00222151     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022215100145748     Document Type: Article

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