Magnetic resonance imaging findings in the auditory pathway of patients with sudden deafness

Otology and Neurotology

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 245-249

  Aarnisalo, Antti A ^a   Suoranta, Hannu ^b   Ylikoski, Jukka ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b Mediscan Ltd   (Finland)

Author keywords

Auditory pathway; MRI; Sudden deafness

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC NEURINOMA; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUDITORY NERVOUS SYSTEM; CLINICAL FEATURE; COCHLEA; DEMYELINATION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTERNAL AUDITORY CANAL; INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE EAR DISEASE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PERCEPTION DEAFNESS; PONS ANGLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUDDEN DEAFNESS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUDITORY PATHWAYS; FEMALE; HEARING LOSS, SUDDEN; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 4043168611     PISSN: 15317129     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00129492-200405000-00008     Document Type: Article

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