Vascular loops at the cerebellopontine angle: Is there a correlation with tinnitus?

American Journal of Neuroradiology

Volumn 29, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1746-1749

  Gultekin, Serap ^a   Celik, H ^a   Akpek, S ^a   Oner, Y ^a   Gumus, T ^a   Tokgoz, N ^a  

^a GAZI UNIVERSITY FACULTY OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NERVE COMPRESSION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PONS ANGLE; TINNITUS; VESTIBULOCOCHLEAR NERVE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARTERIES; CEREBELLOPONTINE ANGLE; CEREBELLUM; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE COMPRESSION SYNDROMES; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TINNITUS; VESTIBULOCOCHLEAR NERVE DISEASES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 54249144563     PISSN: 01956108     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3174/ajnr.A1212     Document Type: Article

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