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Correia-Rodrigues, P., Ramalho, S., Montalvão, P. et al. Response to the Letter to the Editor: “Histological type homogeneity—a cornerstone in analyzing temporal bone malignancies data”. Eur Arch Otorhinolaryngol 277, 3235–3236 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00405-020-06162-w
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