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Analysis of auditory and vestibular function in patients with unilateral Meniere's disease

Hsun-Mo Wang1, Shih-Meng Tsai, Chen-Yu Chien

  • 1Department of Otolaryngology, Kaohsiung Municipal Ta-Tung Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan.

Acta Oto-Laryngologica
|October 9, 2012
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