Idiopathic sudden sensorineural hearing loss: Temporal bone histopathologic study

Annals of Otology, Rhinology and Laryngology

Volumn 109, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 527-532

  Vasama, Juha Pekka ^a,b   Linthicum, Fred H ^a  

^a HOUSE EAR INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

Ganglion cells; Histopathology; Idiopathic sensorineural hearing loss; Sensorineural hearing loss; Sudden sensorineural hearing loss; Temporal bone

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BASAL GANGLION; BASILAR MEMBRANE; CELL COUNT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HAIR CELL; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; MALE; PERCEPTION DEAFNESS; PERILYMPH; PRESBYACUSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PURE TONE AUDIOMETRY; SPIRAL GANGLION; SUDDEN DEAFNESS; TEMPORAL BONE;

EID: 0033936466     PISSN: 00034894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/000348940010900601     Document Type: Article

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