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Internal Auditory Canal Diverticula among Pediatric Patients: Prevalence and Assessment for Hearing Loss and Anatomic Associations

P.M. Bunch, M.E. Zapadka, C.M. Lack, E.P. Kiell, D.J. Kirse and J.R. Sachs
American Journal of Neuroradiology September 2020, 41 (9) 1712-1717; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3174/ajnr.A6691
P.M. Bunch
aFrom the Departments of Radiology (P.M.B., M.E.Z., C.M.L., J.R.S.)
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M.E. Zapadka
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C.M. Lack
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E.P. Kiell
bOtolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery (E.P.K., D.J.K.)
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D.J. Kirse
bOtolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery (E.P.K., D.J.K.)
cPediatrics (D.J.K.), Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston Salem, North Carolina.
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J.R. Sachs
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P.M. Bunch, M.E. Zapadka, C.M. Lack, E.P. Kiell, D.J. Kirse, J.R. Sachs
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American Journal of Neuroradiology Sep 2020, 41 (9) 1712-1717; DOI: 10.3174/ajnr.A6691
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