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Malformations of the Middle and Inner Ear

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Ear, Nose and Throat Histopathology

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Most of the clinically important malformations affecting the ear involve the inner ear. For convenience a short section here describes the malformations of the middle ear.

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  1. Department of Histopathology, UCL Medical School, Rockefeller Building, University Street, London, WC1E 6JJ, UK

    Leslie Michaels MD, FRCPath, FRCP(C), D Path, FCAP (Professor Emeritus, Honorary Consultant Pathologist)

  2. Royal Free and UCL Medical School, University of London, UK

    Leslie Michaels MD, FRCPath, FRCP(C), D Path, FCAP (Professor Emeritus, Honorary Consultant Pathologist)

  3. Royal National Throat, Nose nad Ear Hospital, London, UK

    Leslie Michaels MD, FRCPath, FRCP(C), D Path, FCAP (Professor Emeritus, Honorary Consultant Pathologist)

  4. Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, Hamad Medical Corporation, Doha, Qatar

    Henrik B. Hellquist MD, PhD, SAPath(Stockh), FCAP (Professor of Pathology, Chairman)

  5. Haukeland University Hospital, Bergen, Norway

    Henrik B. Hellquist MD, PhD, SAPath(Stockh), FCAP (Professor of Pathology, Chairman)

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Michaels, L., Hellquist, H.B. (2001). Malformations of the Middle and Inner Ear. In: Ear, Nose and Throat Histopathology. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-0235-9_6

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