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Serdar Kaya1, Michael M Paparella, Sebahattin Cureoglu

  • 1*Department of Otolaryngology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S.A. †Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Gebze Fatih State Hospital, Gebze, Kocaeli, Turkey ‡Paparella Ear Head & Neck Institute, Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S.A.

Otology & Neurotology : Official Publication of the American Otological Society, American Neurotology Society [And] European Academy of Otology and Neurotology
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