The stacked ABR: A sensitive and specific screening tool for detecting small acoustic tumors

Audiology and Neurotology

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 274-290

  Don, Manuel ^a   Kwong, Betty ^a   Tanaka, Chiemi ^a   Brackmann, Derald ^a   Nelson, Ralph ^a  

^a HOUSE EAR INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

ABRs; Acoustic tumors; Screening; Sensitivity; Specificity

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC NEURINOMA; ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAMPLE SIZE; SCREENING TEST; TUMOR VOLUME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; EVOKED POTENTIALS, AUDITORY, BRAIN STEM; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROMA, ACOUSTIC; REACTION TIME; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 23844549559     PISSN: 14203030     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000086001     Document Type: Article

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