Facial nerve schwannomas: A report of four cases and a review of the literature

American Journal of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Medicine and Surgery

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 426-431

  Ulku, Cagatay Han ^a   Uyar, Yavuz ^a   Acar, Osman ^a   Yaman, Huseyin ^a   Avunduk, Mustafa Cihat ^a  

^a SELCUK UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASPIRATION BIOPSY; AUDIOMETRY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CYTOLOGY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FACIAL NERVE DISEASE; FACIAL NERVE PARALYSIS; FOLLOW UP; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INTERNAL AUDITORY CANAL; MORBIDITY; NERVE FUNCTION; NERVE RECONSTRUCTION; NEURILEMOMA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OTORRHEA; PAROTIDECTOMY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS; RECURRENT DISEASE; REVIEW; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TIME; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; TINNITUS; TUMOR LOCALIZATION;

EID: 8444234735     PISSN: 01960709     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjoto.2004.04.013     Document Type: Article

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