How soon after temporal bone fracture should we perform electroneurography?

Muscle and Nerve

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 304-

  Claflin, Edward S ^a   Robinson, Lawrence R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; ELECTRONEUROGRAPHY; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; FACIAL NERVE INJURY; FACIAL NERVE SURGERY; FRACTURE; HUMAN; LETTER; NERVE DEGENERATION; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; OTORHINOLARYNGOLOGY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SURGICAL PATIENT; TEMPORAL BONE; TEMPORAL BONE FRACTURE;

EID: 79960497575     PISSN: 0148639X     EISSN: 10974598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mus.22101     Document Type: Letter

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