A method for quantitative assessment of vestibular otopathology

Laryngoscope

Volumn 109, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 1560-1569

  Merchant, Saumil N ^a,b  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS EYE AND EAR INFIRMARY   (United States)

Author keywords

Hair cells; Pathology; Temporal bone; Vestibular system

Indexed keywords

STREPTOMYCIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CELL COUNT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; HAIR CELL; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; MENIERE DISEASE; MICROSCOPY; OTOTOXICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE DIAGNOSIS; RELIABILITY; REPRODUCIBILITY; TECHNIQUE; VESTIBULAR DISORDER; VESTIBULAR SYSTEM; VESTIBULAR TEST;

EID: 0032830144     PISSN: 0023852X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005537-199910000-00004     Document Type: Article

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