Computed tomography measurements of the normal and the pathologic cochlea in children

Pediatric Radiology

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 275-283

  Teissier, Natacha ^a   Van Den Abbeele, Thierry ^a   Sebag, Guy ^a   Elmaleh Berges, Monique ^a  

^a HÔPITAL ROBERT DEBRÉ   (France)

Author keywords

Children; Cochlea; CT; Sensorineural hearing loss

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; AUDITORY CANAL; CHILD; COCHLEA; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONDUCTION DEAFNESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; HEARING LOSS; HUMAN; INFANT; INNER EAR; MEASUREMENT; PATHOLOGICAL ANATOMY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COCHLEA; COCHLEAR DISEASES; FEMALE; HEARING LOSS, SENSORINEURAL; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 77951025515     PISSN: 03010449     EISSN: 14321998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00247-009-1423-2     Document Type: Article

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