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Three-year follow-up of palatal implants for the treatment of snoring

Ketil W. SkjøstadDepartment of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, St Olavs University Hospital and Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, NorwayCorrespondence[email protected]
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Ståle NordgårdDepartment of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, St Olavs University Hospital and Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway
Pages 1299-1302 | Received 08 May 2011, Accepted 26 Jul 2011, Published online: 09 Sep 2011

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