Normal and pathological findings for the facial nerve on magnetic resonance imaging

Clinical Radiology

Volumn 66, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 701-707

  Al Noury, K ^a   Lotfy, A ^b  

^a KING ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^b KING ABDUL AZIZ UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ARTICLE; CHILD; FACIAL NERVE DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGING SYSTEM; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGICAL ANATOMY; PATIENT SELECTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOBIOLOGY; SCHOOL CHILD; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FACIAL NERVE; FACIAL NERVE DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79959759397     PISSN: 00099260     EISSN: 1365229X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.crad.2011.02.012     Document Type: Article

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