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Emerging pharmacotherapy of tinnitus

Berthold Langguth University of Regensburg, Interdisciplinary Tinnitus Clinic, Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Universitaetsstraβe 84, 93053 Regensburg, Germany +49 941 941 2099; +49 941 941 2025; [email protected]
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Richard Salvi University at Buffalo, Center for Hearing and Deafness, Department of Communicative Disorders and Sciences 137 Cary Hall, Buffalo, 14214 NY, USA
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Ana Belén Elgoyhen Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Instituto de Investigaciones en Ingeniería Genética y Biología Molecular (INGEBI), Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET),Departamento de Farmacología,Vuelta de Obligado 2490, 1428 Buenos Aires, Argentina
Pages 687-702 | Published online: 27 Aug 2009

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