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Complications of sinusitis caused by Streptococcus milleri*

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 June 2007

A. W. Blayney ,
N. J. Frootko  and
R. G. Mitchell
A. W. Blayney*
Affiliation:
From the Department of Otolaryngology, The Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford.
N. J. Frootko
Affiliation:
From the Department of Otolaryngology, The Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford.
R. G. Mitchell
Affiliation:
Consultant Microbiologist, The John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford.
*
Alexander W. Blayney, ENT Senior Registrar, Royal Gwent Hospital, Newport, Gwent NPT 2UB.
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The Journal of Laryngology & Otology , Volume 98 , Issue 9 , September 1984 , pp. 895 - 899
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Copyright © JLO (1984) Limited 1984

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From the Department of Otolaryngology, The Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford.

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