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The molecular pathology of tumours of the ear and temporal bone

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 June 2007

R. M. Irving
R. M. Irving*
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Department of Otolaryngology, University Hospital Birmingham, The Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Birmingham, U.K.
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Address for correspondence: Mr R. M. Irving, Consultant ENT Surgeon, University Hospital Birmingham, The Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Edgbaston, Birmingham B15 2TH. Fax: 121 627 2291
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The Journal of Laryngology & Otology , Volume 112 , Issue 11 , November 1998 , pp. 1011 - 1018
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