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Plasma exchange in the treatment of immune complex-associated sensorineural deafness*

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 June 2007

Gerakd B. Brookes*
Affiliation:
London
Adrian C. Newland
Affiliation:
London
*
G. B. Brookes, F.R.C.S., Consultant Otolaryngologist, The National Hospital for Nervous Diseases, Queen Square, London WC1N 3BG

Abstract

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Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © JLO (1984) Limited 1986

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Footnotes

*

Departments of Otolaryngology & Haematology. The London Hospital.

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