Blockage of reuniting duct in Meniere's disease

Acta Oto-Laryngologica

Volumn 130, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 233-239

  Yamane, Hideo ^a   Takayama, Masahiro ^a   Sunami, Kishiko ^a   Sakamoto, Hiramori ^a   Imoto, Toshio ^a   Anniko, Matti ^b  

^a OSAKA CITY UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Bony groove; Cochlea; CT image; Ductus reuniens; Endolymphatic hydrops; Longitudinal flow; Otoconia; Saccule

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COCHLEA; CONE BEAM COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INNER EAR DISEASE; MALE; MENIERE DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REUNITING DUCT BLOCKAGE; SACCULUS; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUDIOMETRY, PURE-TONE; COCHLEA; COCHLEAR DUCT; ENDOLYMPHATIC HYDROPS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENIERE DISEASE; MIDDLE AGED; OTOLITHIC MEMBRANE; SACCULE AND UTRICLE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 75649151377     PISSN: 00016489     EISSN: 16512553     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/00016480903096648     Document Type: Article

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