Temporal bone histopathology in neurofibromatosis type 2

Laryngoscope

Volumn 121, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1548-1554

  Nam, Sung Il ^a   Linthicum Jr , Fred H ^b   Merchant, Saumil N ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b HOUSE EAR INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

bilateral acoustic neuroma; Neurofibromatosis type 2; otopathology; temporal bone histopathology

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUDIOGRAPHY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COCHLEA; COCHLEOVESTIBULAR SCHWANNOMA; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FACIAL NERVE; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INNER EAR; INTERNAL AUDITORY CANAL; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MENINGIOMA; MICROSCOPY; NEURILEMOMA; NEUROFIBROMATOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPORAL BONE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; NEUROFIBROMATOSIS 2; NEUROMA, ACOUSTIC; PROGNOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAMPLING STUDIES; TEMPORAL BONE; TISSUE EMBEDDING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79959380628     PISSN: 0023852X     EISSN: 15314995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/lary.21822     Document Type: Article

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