Unbiased stereologic type I and type II hair cell counts in human utricular macula

Laryngoscope

Volumn 113, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 1132-1138

  Gopen, Quinton ^a   Lopez, Ivan ^a   Ishiyama, Gail ^a   Baloh, Robert W ^a   Ishiyama, Akira ^a,b  

^a UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Otolith; Physical fractionator; Vestibular periphery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CELL COUNT; CELL STRUCTURE; DISSECTION; EQUIPMENT; HAIR CELL; HAIR CELL TYPE I; HAIR CELL TYPE II; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MICRODISSECTION; NEUROEPITHELIUM; NORMAL HUMAN; OTOLITH; PHYSICAL FRACTIONATOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEREOLOGY; TEMPORAL BONE; UTRICLE; VESTIBULAR LABYRINTH; VESTIBULAR PERIPHERY;

EID: 0038503641     PISSN: 0023852X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005537-200307000-00007     Document Type: Article

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