On the number of turns in human cochleae

Otology and Neurotology

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 414-417

  Biedron, Slavomir ^a   Westhofen, Martin ^a   Ilgner, Justus ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL RWTH AACHEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cochlea; Cochlear implant; Cochlear morphology; Graphic reconstruction; Temporal bone

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COCHLEA; COCHLEA DUCT; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMPLANT; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPORAL BONE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; REFERENCE VALUE;

BIOLOGICAL SPECIMEN BANKS; COCHLEA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; REFERENCE VALUES; TEMPORAL BONE;

EID: 65549096778     PISSN: 15317129     EISSN: 15374505     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MAO.0b013e3181977b8d     Document Type: Article

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