Bob R. Alford

0819 Quantifying skin pigment: Comparison of five low-cost devices to the konica minolta CM-700d

Bob R. Alford, Luis A. Ortiz, Ernesto Behnke, Dake Chen et autres

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Exclusion of Usher syndrome gene from much of chromosome 4

Richard J. Smith, John David Holcomb, S.P. Daiger, C. Thomas Caskey et autres

Usher syndrome is an autosomal recessive disease characterized by dual sensory impairments; affected individuals are born with a sensorineural hearing loss and ultimately lose their sight as retinitis pigmentosa develops. Conventional protein markers previously tested in a Louisiana Acadian kindred suggested tentative …

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Mondini Dysplasia Is Not Associated With Meningitis and Cerebrospinal Fluid Fistula-Reply

Richard J. Smith, Laurie A. Ohlms, Bob R. Alford, M S Edwards

The points raised by Drs Phelps and Lloyd, acknowledged experts in temporal bone radiology, are appreciated. We would agree that distinguishing among the various types of morphogenetic deformities that can affect the inner ear is of the utmost importance. The problem becomes …

Meniere's Disease and the Summating Potential: III. Effect of Glycerol Administration

Alfred C. Coats, Bob R. Alford

We investigated the effect of administering hypertonic glycerol on cochlear and auditory nerve responses to rectangular-pulse clicks and on pure-tone behavioral thresholds. Eleven ears with Ménière's disease, and 20 ears without the disease were studied. Among the ears with Ménière's disease summating …

Antibiotics Indications Device--AIDTM,

Bob R. Alford

Excerpta Medica Services has sponsored the development of theAntibiotics Indications Device—AID™, which serves as a convenience aid to selecting the most appropriate antibiotic agent for common infections. This aid and the accompanying booklet was prepared under the direction of a committee that …

Facial Nerve Surgery

Bob R. Alford

This book represents the proceedings of the Third International Symposium on Facial Nerve Surgery, which was held Aug 9-12, 1976 in Zurich, Switzerland. The symposium was organized by Dr Ugo Fisch, who has edited the proceedings. The contributors to the symposium included …

Open Letter From the Editor

Bob R. Alford

Several individuals questioned the interpretation of metastatic glomus tumor in the case report in the Archives (102:507-510,1976). Through the courtesy of the authors, I obtained the original tissue sections and submitted them to Dr Walter C. Bauer, professor of surgical pathology, Washington …

Pathology of the Ear

Bob R. Alford

This is an unprecedented, incomparable, and uniquely outstanding book by Harold F. Schuknecht, the Walter Augustus Lecompte Professor of Otology and Professor of Laryngology, Harvard Medical School, and Chief of Otolaryngology at Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, Boston. This book is an …

Surgery of the Facial Nerve

Bob R. Alford

This book is the second edition and is published by W.B. Saunders Company. It is a most comprehensive treatise on the facial nerve. It reviews very systematically and categorically the various entities that affect the facial nerve. The bibliography is complete. Several …

Surgical Anatomy of the Temporal Bone and Ear

Bob R. Alford

This text by Barry J. Anson, PhD, and James A. Donaldson, MD, is the second edition. It is a superb compilation of anatomical material and illustrations with special emphasis on the surgical anatomy and meaning of anatomical findings in the temporal bone …

Neurophysiology of Facial Nerve Testing

Bob R. Alford, James F. Jerger, Alfred C. Coats, Charles R. Peterson et autres

Neurodiagnostic studies allow the physician to determine the location of the lesion producing facial paralysis and the physiological extent of nerve involvement. The Schirmer test for lacrimation, the stapedial-reflex test, electrogustometry, and submaxillary salivary gland secretion studies have been found to be …

Complications of Chronic Ear Disease in Children

Bob R. Alford

Inadequate treatment of middle ear infection can be blamed for many serious complications. Meningitis is still the most frequent intracranial complication of otitis media. Lateral sinus thrombophlebitis and brain abscess are second and third in order of frequency.

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