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Biofilm Formation on Voice Prostheses: Influence of Dairy Products in vitro

Rolien H. Free, Henny C. Van Der Mei, Freark Dijk, Ranny Van Weissenbruch, Henk J. Busscher, Frans W. J. Albers From the Department of Otorhinolaryngology, University Hospital Groningen, Department of Biomedical Engineering, and the Laboratory for Cell Biology and Electron Microscopy, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands
Pages 92-99 | Published online: 08 Jul 2009

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