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Original Paper

Effects of Immediate and Delayed Facial–Facial Nerve Suture on Rat Facial Muscle

Jannis Constantinidis Department of Otorhinolaryngology, University of Erlangen—Nuremberg, ErlangenCorrespondenceE-mail: [email protected]
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Arasch Akbarian Department of Neurosurgery, University of Saarland, Homburg
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Helmut Steinhart Department of Otorhinolaryngology, University of Erlangen—Nuremberg, Erlangen
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Heinrich Iro Department of Neurosurgery, University of Saarland, Homburg
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Angelika Mautes Department of Otorhinolaryngology, University of Erlangen—Nuremberg, Erlangen
Pages 998-1003 | Received 05 Dec 2002, Accepted 08 May 2003, Published online: 08 Jul 2009

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