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Lingual thyroid, sensorineural hearing loss and mental retardation: a coincidental association?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 June 2007

J. Elidan*
Affiliation:
Jerusalem, Israel
R. Chisin
Affiliation:
Jerusalem, Israel
I. Gay
Affiliation:
Jerusalem, Israel
*
Department of Otolaryngology, Hadassah University Hospital, Jerusalem, Israel.

Abstract

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Clinical Records
Copyright
Copyright © JLO (1984) Limited 1983

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