Visualization of a high protein concentration in the cochlea of a patient with a large endolymphatic duct and sac, using three-dimensional fluid-attenuated inversion recovery magnetic resonance imaging

Journal of Laryngology and Otology

Volumn 120, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 1084-1086

  Sugiura, Makoto ^a   Naganawa, S ^a   Sato, E ^a   Nakashima, T ^a  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Hearing Loss, Sensorineural; Magnetic Resonance Imaging; Vestibular Aqueduct

Indexed keywords

STEROID;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; AUDIOMETRY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); ENDOLYMPHATIC SAC; FEMALE; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HUMAN; HYPERBARIC OXYGEN; INNER EAR DISEASE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; VESTIBULE AQUEDUCT;

ADULT; COCHLEA; ENDOLYMPHATIC DUCT; FEMALE; HEARING LOSS, SENSORINEURAL; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PROTEINS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VESTIBULAR AQUEDUCT;

EID: 33846391876     PISSN: 00222151     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022215106003331     Document Type: Article

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