Precision versus tradition: How vigorously should we strive to expunge universally understood misnomers?

Otology and Neurotology

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 253-255

  Jackler, Robert K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM; DYE;

ACCURACY; ACOUSTIC NEURINOMA; CHOLESTEATOMA; DYSPLASIA; EARDRUM; EDITORIAL; EXTERNAL OTITIS; GRANULOMA; NEURECTOMY; NEURILEMOMA; NOMENCLATURE; OSTEOMYELITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SEMICIRCULAR CANAL; SPEECH DISCRIMINATION; STANDARDIZATION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; VERTIGO; WORD RECOGNITION;

EID: 0036251029     PISSN: 15317129     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00129492-200205000-00002     Document Type: Editorial

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