Medical Hypotheses
Volume 58, Issue 2 , Pages 141-143 , February 2002

Nasal and hearing impairment: are they linked?

  • F. Salvinelli

      Affiliations

    • Professor of Otolaryngology, University Campus Bio-Medico, Rome, Italy
    • ,
  • M. Casale

      Affiliations

    • University Campus Bio-Medico, Rome, Italy
    • ,
  • M. Trivelli

      Affiliations

    • University Campus Bio-Medico, Rome, Italy
    • ,
  • F. Greco

      Affiliations

    • University Campus Bio-Medico, Rome, Italy

Received 28 March 2001 ,Accepted 5 July 2001.

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PII: S0306-9877(01)91491-4

doi: 10.1054/mehy.2001.1491

Medical Hypotheses
Volume 58, Issue 2 , Pages 141-143 , February 2002

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