Diffusion tensor imaging of the subcortical auditory tract in subjects with congenital cochlear nerve deficiency

American Journal of Neuroradiology

Volumn 30, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1773-1777

  Wu, C M ^a   Ng, S H ^a,b   Wang, J J ^a,b   Liu, Tien Chen ^c  

^a CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANISOTROPY; APLASIA; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COCHLEAR NERVE; CONGENITAL DEAFNESS; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOPLASIA; INFERIOR COLLICULUS; MALE; NERVE MALFORMATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AUDITORY PATHWAYS; CHILD; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FEMALE; HEARING LOSS, SENSORINEURAL; HUMANS; MALE; VESTIBULOCOCHLEAR NERVE DISEASES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70349894961     PISSN: 01956108     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3174/ajnr.A1681     Document Type: Article

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