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Original Article

Distribution of Efferent Nerve Endings in the Organ of Corti: Their Graphic Reconstruction in Cochleae by Localization of Acetylcholinesterase Activity

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Pages 282-288 | Received 22 Jan 1968, Published online: 08 Jul 2009

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