Rate and extent of early axonal degeneration of the human facial nerve

Annals of Otology, Rhinology and Laryngology

Volumn 107, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 1-5

  Bendet, Erez ^a,c   Maranta, Christian ^a   Vajtai, Istvan ^b   Fisch, Ugo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c NONE   (Israel)

Author keywords

Facial nerve injuries; Facial paralysis pathology; Facial paralysis physiopathology; Retrograde degeneration; Wallerian degeneration

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; ELECTRONEUROGRAPHY; FACIAL NERVE PARALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MASTOIDECTOMY; MUSCLE ACTION POTENTIAL; NERVE DEGENERATION; NERVE STIMULATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANVIER NODE;

EID: 6844261155     PISSN: 00034894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/000348949810700101     Document Type: Article

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