American Journal of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Medicine and Surgery
Volume 24, Issue 1 , Pages 6-13 , January 2003

AlloDerm tympanoplasty of tympanic membrane perforations

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☆ Address correspondence to: CPT Timothy J. Downey, MD, Department of Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery, Madigan Army Medical Center, Ft Lewis, WA 98431-5000. E-mail: timothy.downey@nw.amedd.army.mil.

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doi: 10.1053/ajot.2003.5

American Journal of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Medicine and Surgery
Volume 24, Issue 1 , Pages 6-13 , January 2003

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