Auris Nasus Larynx
Volume 39, Issue 1 , Pages 18-24 , February 2012

Expression of myelin basic protein in the human auditory nerve—An immunohistochemical and comparative study

  • Wei Liu

      Affiliations

    • Dept. of Otolaryngology, Uppsala University Hospital, 75185 Uppsala, Sweden
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author at: Department of Surgical Sciences, Section of Otolaryngology, Uppsala University Hospital, SE-75185 Uppsala, Sweden. Tel.: +46 18 6115456; fax: +46 18 500979.
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  • Marja Boström

      Affiliations

    • Dept. of Otolaryngology, Uppsala University Hospital, 75185 Uppsala, Sweden
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  • Anders Kinnefors

      Affiliations

    • Dept. of Otolaryngology, Uppsala University Hospital, 75185 Uppsala, Sweden
    • ,
  • Fred Linthicum

      Affiliations

    • House Ear Institute, Los Angeles, CA, USA
    • Otolaryngology/Head and Neck Surgery, The Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California, USA
    • ,
  • Helge Rask-Andersen

      Affiliations

    • Dept. of Otolaryngology, Uppsala University Hospital, 75185 Uppsala, Sweden
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author at: Department of Surgical Sciences, Section of Otolaryngology, Uppsala University Hospital, SE-75185 Uppsala, Sweden. Tel.: +46 18 6119445; fax: +46 18 500979.

Received 25 October 2010 ,Accepted 22 April 2011.

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PII: S0385-8146(11)00144-1

doi: 10.1016/j.anl.2011.04.007

Auris Nasus Larynx
Volume 39, Issue 1 , Pages 18-24 , February 2012

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