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Prominent ears and their surgical correction

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 June 2007

Peter H. Rhys Evans*
Affiliation:
Birmingham
*
Peter H. Rhys Evans, M.B., B.S., F.R.C.S., L.R.C.P., Senior Registrar, Department of Otolaryngology, Dudley Road Hospital, Dudley Road, Birmingham B18 7QH.

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Copyright © JLO (1984) Limited 1981

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