Radiological anatomy of the intratemporal course of facial nerve

Clinical Anatomy

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 83-87

  Tüccar, Eray ^a   Tekdemir, Ibrahim ^a   Aslan, Asim ^b   Elhan, Alaittin ^a   Deda, Haluk ^a  

^a ANKARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b ANKARA NUMUNE HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Anatomy; Facial nerve; High resolution computed tomography; Temporal bone

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANATOMY; ARTICLE; CADAVER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FACIAL NERVE; HIGH RESOLUTION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; NERVE TRACT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOLOGY; TEMPORAL BONE;

AGED; CADAVER; FACIAL NERVE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TEMPORAL BONE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0034061612     PISSN: 08973806     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-2353(2000)13:2<83::AID-CA2>3.0.CO;2-Y     Document Type: Article

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