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Congenital Absence of the Oval Window: Radiologic Diagnosis and Associated Anomalies

Barbara Zeifer, Paul Sabini and Jonathan Sonne
American Journal of Neuroradiology February 2000, 21 (2) 322-327;
Barbara Zeifer
aFrom the Department of Radiology, Beth Israel Medical Center, New York (B.Z.); and the Departments of Radiology (B.Z.) and Otolaryngology (B.Z., P.S., J.S.), The New York Eye & Ear Infirmary, New York.
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aFrom the Department of Radiology, Beth Israel Medical Center, New York (B.Z.); and the Departments of Radiology (B.Z.) and Otolaryngology (B.Z., P.S., J.S.), The New York Eye & Ear Infirmary, New York.
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aFrom the Department of Radiology, Beth Israel Medical Center, New York (B.Z.); and the Departments of Radiology (B.Z.) and Otolaryngology (B.Z., P.S., J.S.), The New York Eye & Ear Infirmary, New York.
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