Magnetic resonance imaging and audiologic assessment of middle ear effusions in patients with nasopharyngeal carcinoma before radiation therapy

American Journal of Otology

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 74-76

  Kew, Jacqueline ^b   Tong, Michael C F ^b   King, Ann D ^b   Leung, Sing Fai ^b   Metreweli, Constantine ^b   Van Hasselt, Charles Andrew ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Audiology; Middle ear effusion; MRI; Nasopharyngeal carcinoma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE EAR EFFUSION; NASOPHARYNX CARCINOMA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OTOSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PURE TONE AUDIOMETRY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TYMPANOMETRY;

ACOUSTIC IMPEDANCE TESTS; ADULT; AGED; AUDIOMETRY, PURE-TONE; CARCINOMA; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NASOPHARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; OTITIS MEDIA WITH EFFUSION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0032934047     PISSN: 01929763     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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