REVIEW

Pathologies of petrous apex

Diab KhMA1,2, Daykhes NA1, Pashchinina OA1, Shamkhalova AM1, Panina OS1
About authors

1 National Medical Research Center for Otorlaryngology of Federal Medical Biological Agency, Moscow, Russia

2 Pirogov Russian National Research Medical University, Moscow, Russia

Correspondence should be addressed: Aminat M. Shamkhalova
Klimashkina, 12–38, Moscow, 123557, Russia; ur.liam@dhpanima

About paper

Author contributions: Diab KhM — research design, manuscript editing; Daikhes NA — manuscript editing; Pashinina OA, Shamkhalova AM — manuscript writing; Shamkhalova AM, Panina OS — literature review.

Received: 2022-08-19 Accepted: 2022-09-20 Published online: 2022-09-29
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