Basilar membrane displacement related to endolymphatic sac volume

Laryngoscope

Volumn 114, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 1953-1959

  Xenellis, John E ^a   Linthicum, Fred H ^b   Webster, Paul ^c   Lopez, Ricardo ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b Departments of Histopathology   (United States)

^c HOUSE EAR INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d National Institute of Clinical Research   (United States)

Author keywords

basilar membrane; Endolymphatic hydrops; endolymphatic sac

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATROPHY; BASILAR MEMBRANE; BASILAR MEMBRANE DISPLACEMENT; CELL LOSS; COCHLEA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTODIAGNOSIS; ENDOLYMPHATIC SAC; HAIR CELL; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENIERE DISEASE; NERVE CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPORAL BONE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BASILAR MEMBRANE; ENDOLYMPHATIC HYDROPS; ENDOLYMPHATIC SAC; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 9144267876     PISSN: 0023852X     EISSN: 15314995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.mlg.0000147927.98766.e1     Document Type: Article

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