The facial nerve canal in patients with Bell's palsy: An investigation by high-resolution computed tomography with multiplanar reconstruction

European Archives of Oto-Rhino-Laryngology

Volumn 270, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 2035-2038

  Murai, Aya ^a,b   Kariya, Shin ^a   Tamura, Kouzou ^b   Doi, Akira ^b   Kozakura, Kenichi ^b   Okano, Mitsuhiro ^a   Nishizaki, Kazunori ^a  

^a OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Kochi Health Sciences Center   (Japan)

Author keywords

3D CT; Bell's palsy; Facial nerve canal; MPR CT

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTIVIRAL THERAPY; ARTICLE; BELL PALSY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; FACIAL NERVE; FEMALE; HIGH RESOLUTION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; MALE; MASTOID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; TEMPORAL BONE; VESTIBULAR LABYRINTH;

ADULT; AGED; BELL PALSY; FACIAL NERVE; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TEMPORAL BONE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84878785438     PISSN: 09374477     EISSN: 14344726     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00405-012-2253-7     Document Type: Article

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