Positional relationship between the facial nerve and other structures of the temporal bone

Journal of Laryngology and Otology

Volumn 118, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 106-111

  Dai, Peidong ^a   Zhang, Tianyu ^a   Wang, Keqiang ^a   Song, Jichang ^a   Qian, Wen ^a   Wang, Zhengmin ^a  

^a FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Anatomy; Facial Nerve; Temporal Bone; Tomography; X ray Computed

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BONE STRUCTURE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FACIAL NERVE; FEMALE; HIGH RESOLUTION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MALE; MASTOID; MEASUREMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SKULL DEVELOPMENT; TEMPORAL BONE;

ADULT; AGED; CRANIOTOMY; FACIAL NERVE; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; JUGULAR VEINS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REFERENCE VALUES; TEMPORAL BONE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 1342301499     PISSN: 00222151     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/002221504772784540     Document Type: Article

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