Computed tomographic features of the bony canal of the cochlear nerve in pediatric patients with unilateral sensorineural hearing loss

Radiation Medicine - Medical Imaging and Radiation Oncology

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 115-119

  Kono, Tatsuo ^a  

^a DOKKYO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Child; Cochlea; CT; Inner ear; Malformation

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY CANAL; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; COCHLEAR NERVE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EAR MALFORMATION; FACIAL NERVE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROTIA; PEDIATRICS; PERCEPTION DEAFNESS;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COCHLEAR NERVE; EAR, INNER; FEMALE; HEARING LOSS, SENSORINEURAL; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TEMPORAL BONE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 43249121833     PISSN: 02882043     EISSN: 18625274     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11604-007-0204-9     Document Type: Article

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