Communication between the perilymphatic scalae and spiral ligament visualized by in vivo MRI

Audiology and Neurotology

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 145-152

  Zou, Jing ^a,c,d   Pyykkö, Ilmari ^a,c   Bjelke, Börje ^c   Dastidar, Prasun ^a   Toppila, Esko ^b  

^a TAMPERE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b FINNISH INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH   (Finland)

^c KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^d XINHUA HOSPITAL AFFILIATED TO SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (China)

Author keywords

Gadolinium; Intratympanic treatment; Trans ligamental pathway

Indexed keywords

GADOLINIUM PENTETATE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COCHLEA; COCHLEA FENESTRA; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GUINEA PIG; HUMAN; LIGAMENT; MALE; MIDDLE EAR; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMICIRCULAR CANAL; VESTIBULE;

ANIMALS; COCHLEAR DUCT; FEMALE; GADOLINIUM DTPA; GUINEA PIGS; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENOUS; LIGAMENTS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PERILYMPH; ROUND WINDOW; SCALA TYMPANI;

EID: 18644386581     PISSN: 14203030     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000084024     Document Type: Article

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