Comprehensive and clinical anatomy of the middle ear

Comprehensive and Clinical Anatomy of the Middle Ear

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 1-159

  Mansour, Salah ^a,b   Magnan, Jacques ^c   Haidar, Hassan ^d   Nicolas, Karen ^a,e   Louryan, St诨ane ^f  

^a LEBANESE UNIVERSITY   (Lebanon)

^b ORL Chirurgie Cervico Faciale   (Lebanon)

^c AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

^d ORL Chirurgie Cervico Faciale   (France)

^e Levant Clinics   (Lebanon)

^f Universit ibre de Bruxelles   (Belgium)

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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-36967-4     Document Type: Book

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