What is the site of origin of cochleovestibular schwannomas?

Audiology and Neurotology

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 121-125

  Roosli, Christof ^a,d   Linthicum, Fred H ^b   Cureoglu, Sebahattin ^c   Merchant, Saumil N ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS EYE AND EAR INFIRMARY   (United States)

^b HOUSE EAR INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Glial Schwann cell transition zone; Histopathology, temporal bone; Obersteiner Redlich zone; Origin; Vestibular schwannoma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CELL JUNCTION; COCHLEAR NERVE; FEMALE; GLIA; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROMA; PATHOLOGY; SCHWANN CELL; TEMPORAL BONE; VESTIBULAR NERVE; VESTIBULE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COCHLEAR NERVE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERCELLULAR JUNCTIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROGLIA; NEUROMA, ACOUSTIC; SCHWANN CELLS; TEMPORAL BONE; VESTIBULAR NERVE; VESTIBULE, LABYRINTH;

EID: 84856718282     PISSN: 14203030     EISSN: 14219700     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000331394     Document Type: Article

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