The anterior and superior malleal ligaments in otosclerosis: A histopathologic observation

Otology and Neurotology

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 854-861

  Nandapalan, Velanthapillai ^a,b   Pollak, Anita ^a   Langner, Antoinette ^a   Fisch, Ugo ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b Department of Radiology   (United Kingdom)

^c KLINIK HIRSLANDEN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Anterior malleal ligaments; Fixation; Hyalinization; Otosclerosis; Superior malleal ligaments

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONDUCTION DEAFNESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FETUS; HISTOLOGY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYALINE DEGENERATION; LIGAMENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALLEUS; OTOSCLEROSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STAPEDECTOMY; TEMPORAL BONE; AGED; CALCINOSIS; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PREGNANCY; REFERENCE VALUE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CALCINOSIS; CHILD; FEMALE; FETUS; HUMANS; LIGAMENTS; MALE; MALLEUS; MIDDLE AGED; OTOSCLEROSIS; PREGNANCY; REFERENCE VALUES;

EID: 0036835986     PISSN: 15317129     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00129492-200211000-00008     Document Type: Article

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