Can a fixed measure serve as a pertinent diagnostic criterion for large vestibular aqueduct in children?

Pediatric Radiology

Volumn 36, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 1037-1042

  Legeais, Marc ^a   Haguenoer, Ken ^a   Cottier, Jean Philippe ^a   Sirinelli, Dominique ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF TOURS   (France)

Author keywords

Endolymphatic sac; External aperture; Large vestibular aqueduct syndrome; Sensorineural hearing loss

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE; ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HIGH RESOLUTION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INFANT; INNER EAR DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANK SUM TEST; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEMICIRCULAR CANAL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; VESTIBULE AQUEDUCT DILATATION;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENDOLYMPHATIC DUCT; ENDOLYMPHATIC SAC; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; REFERENCE VALUES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; VESTIBULAR AQUEDUCT;

EID: 33748603168     PISSN: 03010449     EISSN: 14321998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00247-006-0263-6     Document Type: Article

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