Histopathological and ultrastructural analysis of vestibular endorgans in Meniere's disease reveals basement membrane pathology

BMC Ear, Nose and Throat Disorders

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2009, Pages

  McCall, Andrew A ^a   Ishiyama, Gail P ^a   Lopez, Ivan A ^a   Bhuta, Sunita ^a   Vetter, Steven ^a   Ishiyama, Akira ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BASEMENT MEMBRANE; BLOOD VESSEL; CELL DEGENERATION; CELL LOSS; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CELL VACUOLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE DURATION; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; EPITHELIUM CELL; FEMALE; FIBROBLAST; HAIR CELL; HEARING; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INTERCELLULAR SPACE; LABYRINTHECTOMY; MALE; MENIERE DISEASE; MYELINATED NERVE; NERVE ENDING; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; STEREOCILIUM; STROMA CELL; SYSTEM ANALYSIS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; VESTIBULAR LABYRINTH;

EID: 68149100000     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726815     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6815-9-4     Document Type: Article

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