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Lacrimo-Auriculo-Dento-Digital Syndrome with Unilateral Inner Ear Dysplasia and Craniocervical Osseous Abnormalities: Case Report and Review of Literature

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Moses, J. Lacrimo-Auriculo-Dento-Digital Syndrome with Unilateral Inner Ear Dysplasia and Craniocervical Osseous Abnormalities: Case Report and Review of Literature. Clin Neuroradiol 23, 221–224 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00062-012-0170-1

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