Nonsyndromic isolated unilateral cochlear nerve aplasia without narrow internal auditory meatus: A previously overlooked cause of unilateral profound deafness in childhood

Annals of Otology, Rhinology and Laryngology

Volumn 114, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 859-862

  Ito, Ken ^a   Endo, Asayo ^a   Monobe, Hiroko ^a   Ochiai, Atsushi ^a   Iwasaki, Shinichi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aplasia; Cochlear nerve; Unilateral profound sensorineural deafness

Indexed keywords

APLASIA; ARTICLE; AUDITORY CANAL; CASE REPORT; COCHLEAR NERVE APLASIA; FACIAL NERVE; HUMAN; IMAGING SYSTEM; INNER EAR MALFORMATION; MALE; PERCEPTION DEAFNESS; PERINATAL MORBIDITY; PRENATAL DISORDER; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RARE DISEASE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RUBELLA; VESTIBULOCOCHLEAR NERVE; VIRUS INFECTION;

EID: 32544435298     PISSN: 00034894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/000348940511401109     Document Type: Article

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