American Journal of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Medicine and Surgery
Volume 27, Issue 3 , Pages 166-172 , May 2006

Cochlear nerve size evaluation in children with sensorineural hearing loss by high-resolution magnetic resonance imaging

  • Eyal E. Russo, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Otolaryngology, Texas Children Hospital, Houston, TX, USA
    • ,
  • Spiros Manolidis, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Otolaryngology, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Columbia University, 180 Fort Washington, HP813, New York, NY 10032, USA. Tel.: +1 212 305 4287; fax: +1 212 305 3975.

Received 20 July 2005

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PII: S0196-0709(05)00176-6

doi: 10.1016/j.amjoto.2005.09.007

American Journal of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Medicine and Surgery
Volume 27, Issue 3 , Pages 166-172 , May 2006

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