European Journal of Radiology
Volume 61, Issue 1 , Pages 79-83 , January 2007

Morphological analysis of the vestibular aqueduct by computerized tomography images

  • Sergio Ricardo Marques

      Affiliations

    • Morphology and Genetics Department, São Paulo Federal University-Paulista Medical School, Disciplina de Anatomia Descritiva e Topográfica, Rua Botucatu, 740-Edifício Leitão da Cunha, CEP 04023-900, Vila Clementino, São Paulo, Brazil
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +55 11 5576 4259; fax: +55 11 5571 7597.
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  • Ricardo Luiz Smith

      Affiliations

    • Morphology and Genetics Department, São Paulo Federal University-Paulista Medical School, Disciplina de Anatomia Descritiva e Topográfica, Rua Botucatu, 740-Edifício Leitão da Cunha, CEP 04023-900, Vila Clementino, São Paulo, Brazil
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  • Sadao Isotani

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Physics, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
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  • Luís Garcia Alonso

      Affiliations

    • Morphology and Genetics Department, São Paulo Federal University-Paulista Medical School, Disciplina de Anatomia Descritiva e Topográfica, Rua Botucatu, 740-Edifício Leitão da Cunha, CEP 04023-900, Vila Clementino, São Paulo, Brazil
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  • Carlos Augusto Anadão

      Affiliations

    • Otorhinolaryngology Department, São Paulo Federal University-Paulista Medical School, São Paulo, Brazil
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  • José Carlos Prates

      Affiliations

    • Morphology and Genetics Department, São Paulo Federal University-Paulista Medical School, Disciplina de Anatomia Descritiva e Topográfica, Rua Botucatu, 740-Edifício Leitão da Cunha, CEP 04023-900, Vila Clementino, São Paulo, Brazil
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  • Henrique Manoel Lederman

      Affiliations

    • Image Diagnosis Department, São Paulo Federal University-Paulista Medical School, São Paulo, Brazil

Received 29 March 2006 ,Revised 22 August 2006 ,Accepted 24 August 2006.

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PII: S0720-048X(06)00360-3

doi: 10.1016/j.ejrad.2006.08.024

European Journal of Radiology
Volume 61, Issue 1 , Pages 79-83 , January 2007

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