Cost Comparison of Auditory Brainstem Response versus Magnetic Resonance Imaging Screening of Acoustic Neuroma

Journal of Otolaryngology

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 394-399

  Cheng, Gordon ^a   Smith, Robert ^a   Tan, Andre K W ^a,b  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b HOTEL DIEU HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Acoustic neuroma; Auditory brainstem response; Cost effectiveness; Magnetic resonance imaging; Screening

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC NEURINOMA; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN STEM RESPONSE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COST; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCREENING; SUDDEN DEAFNESS; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TINNITUS;

EID: 1542349022     PISSN: 03816605     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2310/7070.2003.13947     Document Type: Article

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