American Journal of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Medicine and Surgery
Volume 32, Issue 4 , Pages 279-285 , July 2011

Transnasal, transfacial, anterior skull base resection of olfactory neuroblastoma

  • Vishad Nabili, MD

      Affiliations

    • Divisions of Head and Neck Surgery, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Division of Head and Neck Surgery, Department of Surgery, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, 10833 LeConte Avenue, RM 62-132 CHS, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1624. Tel.: +1 310 206 9568; fax: +1 310 206 1393.
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  • Daniel F. Kelly, MD

      Affiliations

    • Brain Tumor Center, John Wayne Cancer Institute at Saint John's Health Center, Santa Monica, CA, USA
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  • Nassrin Fatemi, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurological Surgery, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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  • Maie St. John, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Divisions of Head and Neck Surgery, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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  • Thomas C. Calcaterra, MD

      Affiliations

    • Divisions of Head and Neck Surgery, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, USA
    • ,
  • Elliot Abemayor, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Divisions of Head and Neck Surgery, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, USA

Received 19 January 2010

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☆ Presented at the American Head and Neck Society Annual Meeting at COSM, April 28, 2007.

PII: S0196-0709(10)00087-6

doi: 10.1016/j.amjoto.2010.05.003

American Journal of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Medicine and Surgery
Volume 32, Issue 4 , Pages 279-285 , July 2011

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