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Prevalence of Internal Auditory Canal Diverticulum and Its Association with Hearing Loss and Otosclerosis

K.J. Pippin, T.J. Muelleman, J. Hill, J. Leever, H. Staecker and L.N. Ledbetter
American Journal of Neuroradiology November 2017, 38 (11) 2167-2171; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3174/ajnr.A5399
K.J. Pippin
aFrom the Departments of Radiology (K.J.P, J.H., J.L., L.N.L.)
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T.J. Muelleman
bOtolaryngology (T.J.M., H.S.), University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, Kansas.
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J. Hill
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J. Leever
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