American Journal of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Medicine and Surgery
Volume 30, Issue 6 , Pages 423-426 , November 2009

Prognosis of inner ear function in pneumolabyrinth: case report and literature review

  • Masahito Tsubota, MD, PhD
    • ,
  • Hideo Shojaku, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Department of Otolaryngology, University of Toyama, 2630 Sugitani, Toyama City, Toyama Prefecture, 9300194, Japan. Tel.: +81 764347368; fax: +81 764345038.
    • ,
  • Yukio Watanabe, MD, PhD

Received 10 April 2008

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PII: S0196-0709(08)00143-9

doi: 10.1016/j.amjoto.2008.07.010

American Journal of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Medicine and Surgery
Volume 30, Issue 6 , Pages 423-426 , November 2009

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