Clinical Radiology
Volume 64, Issue 2 , Pages 156-163 , February 2009

Diagnostic yield of MRI for audiovestibular dysfunction using contemporary referral criteria: correlation with presenting symptoms and impact on clinical management

  • C. Vandervelde

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, Guy's & St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust, United Kingdom
    • Corresponding Author InformationGuarantor and correspondent: C. Vandervelde, Department of Radiology, Guy's & St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust, Great Maze Pond, London SE1 9RT, UK. Tel.: +44 02071885542; fax: +44 02079288071.
    • ,
  • S.E.J. Connor

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, Guy's & St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust, United Kingdom
    • Department of Neuroradiology, King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK

Received 9 April 2008 ,Revised 21 July 2008 ,Accepted 1 August 2008.

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PII: S0009-9260(08)00335-8

doi: 10.1016/j.crad.2008.08.002

Clinical Radiology
Volume 64, Issue 2 , Pages 156-163 , February 2009

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