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Autoimmune Sensorineural Hearing Loss Improved By Tumor Necrosis Factor-α Blockade: A Case Report

H. Staecker Division of Otolaryngology, University of Maryland, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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P. P. Lefebvre Department of Otorhinolaryngology, University of Liège, Liège, Belgium
Pages 684-687 | Published online: 08 Jul 2009

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