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Blindness in a diver following sinus barotrauma

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 June 2007

M. J. Bellini*
Affiliation:
Plymouth
*
Mr. M. J. Bellini, F.R.C.S. (Ed), Registrar in ENT, Plymouth General Hospital, Plymouth.

Abstract

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Clinical Records
Copyright
Copyright © JLO (1984) Limited 1987

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