Study of the posterior communicating arteries of the circle of Willis in idiopathic sudden sensorineural hearing loss

Otology and Neurotology

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 385-386

  Van Prooyen Keyzer, Sandrine ^a   Sadik, Jean Claude ^a   Ulanovski, David ^a   Parmantier, Monique ^a   Ayache, Denis ^a  

^a FONDATION OPHTALMOLOGIQUE ADOLPHE DE ROTHSCHILD   (France)

Author keywords

Circle of Willis; Sudden sensorineural hearing loss; Transcranial Doppler ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN CIRCULUS ARTERIOSUS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MALE; PATHOGENESIS; PERCEPTION DEAFNESS; POSTERIOR COMMUNICATING ARTERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; VERTEBRAL ARTERY;

ADULT; AGED; BASILAR ARTERY; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CIRCLE OF WILLIS; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HEARING LOSS, SENSORINEURAL; HEARING LOSS, SUDDEN; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, TRANSCRANIAL; VERTEBRAL ARTERY;

EID: 18644382081     PISSN: 15317129     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.mao.0000169798.68448.e2     Document Type: Article

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