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Original Article: Otoneurology

Quality of life after unilateral acoustic neuroma surgery via middle cranial fossa approach

Ingo Baumann Department of Otolaryngology, Head & Neck Surgery, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, GermanyCorrespondence[email protected]
, MD,
Joachim Polligkeit Department of Otolaryngology, Head & Neck Surgery, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany
,
Gunnar Blumenstock Department of Medical Information Processing, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany
,
Paul-Stefan Mauz Department of Otolaryngology, Head & Neck Surgery, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany
,
Ilse M. Zalaman Department of Otolaryngology, Head & Neck Surgery, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany
&
Marcus M. Maassen Department of Otolaryngology, Head & Neck Surgery, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany
Pages 585-591 | Received 02 Aug 2004, Published online: 08 Jul 2009

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