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CASE REPORT

Development of speech and hearing of two children with Pelizaeus-Merzbacher disease presenting only waves I and II of the auditory brainstem response

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Pages 563-569 | Received 22 Oct 2011, Accepted 20 Nov 2011, Published online: 21 Jan 2012

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