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A Akyigit1, Ş Yalcin2, E Ö Etem3

  • 1ENT Clinic, Elazığ Education and Research Hospital.

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GeneticTympanosclerosis; Nitric Oxide Synthase Type II; Superoxide Dismutase; Catalase; Polymorphism

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