Vascular loops causing otological symptoms: A systematic review and meta-analysis

Clinical Otolaryngology

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 5-11

  Chadha, N K ^a   Weiner, G M ^a  

^a ROYAL DEVON AND EXETER HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONGENITAL BLOOD VESSEL MALFORMATION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EAR DISEASE; HUMAN; PERCEPTION DEAFNESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TINNITUS; VESTIBULOCOCHLEAR NERVE;

CEREBRAL ARTERIES; CEREBRAL VEINS; HEARING DISORDERS; HUMANS; NERVE COMPRESSION SYNDROMES; VESTIBULOCOCHLEAR NERVE DISEASES;

EID: 39749199034     PISSN: 17494478     EISSN: 17494486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-4486.2007.01597.x     Document Type: Review

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