American Journal of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Medicine and Surgery
Volume 30, Issue 2 , Pages 112-120 , March 2009

Visualization of Reissner membrane and the spiral ganglion in human fetal cochlea by micro-computed tomography

  • Takashi Shibata, PhD, DSc, PhMD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Anatomy, School of Medicine, Tokyo Women's Medical University, Tokyo, Japan
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Department of Anatomy, School of Medicine, Tokyo Women's Medical University, Kawadacho 8-1, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 162-8666, Japan. Fax: +81 3 5361 7351.
    • ,
  • Sumiko Matsumoto

      Affiliations

    • Department of Anatomy, School of Medicine, Tokyo Women's Medical University, Tokyo, Japan
    • ,
  • Tetsuzo Agishi, MD, PhMD

      Affiliations

    • Kidney Center, Tokyo Women's Medical University, Tokyo, Japan
    • Present affiliation: Blood Purification Center, Itabashi Chuo General Hospital, Tokyo, Japan.
    • ,
  • Teiko Nagano, MD, PhMD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Anatomy, School of Medicine, Tokyo Women's Medical University, Tokyo, Japan

Received 12 May 2008

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doi: 10.1016/j.amjoto.2008.07.012

American Journal of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Medicine and Surgery
Volume 30, Issue 2 , Pages 112-120 , March 2009

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