Acoustic neuroma ingrowth in the cochlear nerve: Does it influence the clinical presentation?

Annals of Otology, Rhinology and Laryngology

Volumn 113, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 582-586

  Forton, Glen E J ^a,b   Cremers, Cor W R J ^a,d   Offeciers, F Erwin ^a,c  

^a General Hospital Damiaan ^*

^b Algemeen Ziekenhuis Damiaan Oostende   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^d RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Acoustic neuroma; Acoustic schwannoma; Hearing loss; Tumor dimensions; Tumor volume

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC NEURINOMA; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; AUDIOMETRY; CALCULATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COCHLEAR NERVE; DISSECTION; FEMALE; GENDER; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LATENT PERIOD; MALE; NERVE COMPRESSION; NERVE GROWTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TUMOR VOLUME; VOLUMETRY;

EID: 3142580835     PISSN: 00034894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/000348940411300713     Document Type: Article

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