Transtympanic stimulation of the facial nerve to assess nerve integrity in iatrogenic facial nerve paralysis

Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery

Volumn 124, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 600-602

  Limb, Charles J ^a   Niparko, John K ^a   Tunkel, David E ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FACIAL NERVE PARALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; IATROGENIC DISEASE; INFANT;

ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FACIAL PARALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IATROGENIC DISEASE; INFANT;

EID: 0035349743     PISSN: 01945998     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mhn.2001.115403     Document Type: Article

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