Neurotologic manifestations and treatment of multiple spontaneous tegmental defects

American Journal of Otology

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 234-239

  Merchant, Saumil N ^a,b   McKenna, Michael J ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS EYE AND EAR INFIRMARY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cerebrospinal fluid otorhinorrhea; Conductive hearing loss; Tegmental defects; Temporal bone

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE DEFECT; CASE REPORT; CONDUCTION DEAFNESS; CRANIOTOMY; ENCEPHALOMENINGOCELE; EPIDURAL ABSCESS; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MALE; MENINGITIS; PNEUMOCEPHALUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHINORRHEA; TEMPORAL BONE;

EID: 0034106857     PISSN: 01929763     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0196-0709(00)80015-0     Document Type: Article

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