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Altered Cupular Mechanics: A Cause of Peripheral Vestibular Disorders?

Kai Helling From the 1Department of Otorhinolaryngolog y, Benjamin Franklin Medical Center, Free University of Berlin, Berlin, Germany,2Department of Otolaryngolog y, Nagoya City University, Nagoya, Japan, 3Aichi Prefectural College of Nursing and Health, Nagoya,Japan, 4Daido Institute of Technology, Nagoya, Japan and 5Daido Institute of Industrial Medicine, Nagoya, Japan
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Nobuhiro Watanabe From the 1Department of Otorhinolaryngolog y, Benjamin Franklin Medical Center, Free University of Berlin, Berlin, Germany,2Department of Otolaryngolog y, Nagoya City University, Nagoya, Japan, 3Aichi Prefectural College of Nursing and Health, Nagoya,Japan, 4Daido Institute of Technology, Nagoya, Japan and 5Daido Institute of Industrial Medicine, Nagoya, Japan
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Hiroyasu Jijiwa From the 1Department of Otorhinolaryngolog y, Benjamin Franklin Medical Center, Free University of Berlin, Berlin, Germany,2Department of Otolaryngolog y, Nagoya City University, Nagoya, Japan, 3Aichi Prefectural College of Nursing and Health, Nagoya,Japan, 4Daido Institute of Technology, Nagoya, Japan and 5Daido Institute of Industrial Medicine, Nagoya, Japan
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Yoshio Mizuno From the 1Department of Otorhinolaryngolog y, Benjamin Franklin Medical Center, Free University of Berlin, Berlin, Germany,2Department of Otolaryngolog y, Nagoya City University, Nagoya, Japan, 3Aichi Prefectural College of Nursing and Health, Nagoya,Japan, 4Daido Institute of Technology, Nagoya, Japan and 5Daido Institute of Industrial Medicine, Nagoya, Japan
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Satoru Watanabe From the 1Department of Otorhinolaryngolog y, Benjamin Franklin Medical Center, Free University of Berlin, Berlin, Germany,2Department of Otolaryngolog y, Nagoya City University, Nagoya, Japan, 3Aichi Prefectural College of Nursing and Health, Nagoya,Japan, 4Daido Institute of Technology, Nagoya, Japan and 5Daido Institute of Industrial Medicine, Nagoya, Japan
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Hans Scherer From the 1Department of Otorhinolaryngolog y, Benjamin Franklin Medical Center, Free University of Berlin, Berlin, Germany,2Department of Otolaryngolog y, Nagoya City University, Nagoya, Japan, 3Aichi Prefectural College of Nursing and Health, Nagoya,Japan, 4Daido Institute of Technology, Nagoya, Japan and 5Daido Institute of Industrial Medicine, Nagoya, Japan
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