The inner structure of human Otoconia

Otology and Neurotology

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 686-694

  Walther, Leif Erik ^a   Blödow, Alexander ^b   Bloching, Marc Boris ^b   Buder, Jana ^c   Carrillo Cabrera, Wilder ^c   Roseeva, Elena ^c   Borrmann, Horst ^c   Simon, Paul ^c   Kniep, Rüdiger ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b HELIOS Clinic Berlin Buch   (Germany)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR CHEMICAL PHYSICS OF SOLIDS   (Germany)

Author keywords

Benign paroxysmal positional vertigo; Cervical vestibular evoked myogenic potential; Ocular vestibular evoked myogenic potential; Otoconia; Otolith organs; Saccule; Utricle

Indexed keywords

NANOCOMPOSITE;

ARTICLE; AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT; CHEMISTRY; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; INNER EAR; MICROTOMY; PATHOLOGY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; VESTIBULE; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; DECALCIFICATION TECHNIQUE; EAR, INNER; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; MICROTOMY; MODELS, ANATOMIC; NANOCOMPOSITES; OTOLITHIC MEMBRANE; TISSUE EMBEDDING;

EID: 84896942058     PISSN: 15317129     EISSN: 15374505     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MAO.0000000000000206     Document Type: Article

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