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Chlamydia: Its influence in chronic secretory otitis media

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 June 2007

M. J. Bellini*
Affiliation:
ENT Department, Seacroft Hospital, Leeds.
R. N. Peel
Affiliation:
ENT Department, Seacroft Hospital, Leeds.
R. M. Terry
Affiliation:
ENT Department, Seacroft Hospital, Leeds.
*
Ear, Nose, Throat and Eye Unit. Bradford Royal Infirmary. Bradford. West Yorkshire BD9 6RJ.

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Copyright © JLO (1984) Limited 1988

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