Multiple dehiscence of semicircular canals

Journal of Laryngology and Otology

Volumn 121, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 80-82

  Rajenderkumar, D ^a,c   Farrell, K L ^b   Alles, R M ^a   Savy, L ^a  

^a ROYAL NATIONAL THROAT NOSE AND EAR HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b St Bernards Hospital   (Gibraltar)

^c ST GEORGE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Abnormalities; Semicircular canals; Tomography, computed; Vertigo

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; EYE MOVEMENT; HUMAN; INNER EAR DISEASE; MALE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PURE TONE AUDIOMETRY; REVIEW; SEMICIRCULAR CANAL; WOUND DEHISCENCE;

EAR DISEASES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RUPTURE, SPONTANEOUS; SEMICIRCULAR CANALS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; VERTIGO;

EID: 33846846520     PISSN: 00222151     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022215106003537     Document Type: Review

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