International Journal of Pediatric Otorhinolaryngology
Volume 73, Issue 12 , Pages 1702-1711 , December 2009

Auditory function in women with autoimmune inner ear diseases and their offspring

  • Chang-qiang Tan

      Affiliations

    • Department of Otolaryngology, and Otolaryngological Science Research Unit, First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, 300 Guangzhou Road, Nanjing 210029, Jiangsu Province, China
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  • Wei-da Dong

      Affiliations

    • Department of Otolaryngology, and Otolaryngological Science Research Unit, First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, 300 Guangzhou Road, Nanjing 210029, Jiangsu Province, China
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +86 25 83588666; fax: +86 25 83587055.
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  • Lang Guo

      Affiliations

    • Department of Otolaryngology, and Otolaryngological Science Research Unit, First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, 300 Guangzhou Road, Nanjing 210029, Jiangsu Province, China
    • ,
  • He Huang

      Affiliations

    • State Key Laboratory of Materials Oriented Chemical Engineering, Nanjing University of Technology, Nanjing, China
    • ,
  • Deng-yuan Wang

      Affiliations

    • Department of Otolaryngology, and Otolaryngological Science Research Unit, First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, 300 Guangzhou Road, Nanjing 210029, Jiangsu Province, China

Received 28 April 2009 ,Revised 28 August 2009 ,Accepted 3 September 2009.

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PII: S0165-5876(09)00470-4

doi: 10.1016/j.ijporl.2009.09.003

International Journal of Pediatric Otorhinolaryngology
Volume 73, Issue 12 , Pages 1702-1711 , December 2009

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