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  1. Director of Rhinology, ENT Allergy, and Skull Base Surgery, Division of Otolaryngology, Cooper University Hospital, Camden, NJ, USA

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  2. Department of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, 5323 Harry Hines Blvd., Dallas, TX, 75390, USA

    Bradley F. Marple MD, FAAOA

  3. Section of Rhinology, Sinus Surgery, and Skull Base Surgery, Co-Director, Rush Center for Skull Base and Pituitary Surgery, Department of Otorhinolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, Rush University Medical Center, 1611 W. Harrison St., Suite 550, Chicago, IL, 60612, USA

    Pete S. Batra MD, FACS

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Deckard, N.A., Marple, B.F., Batra, P.S. (2016). The Role of Fungus in Diseases of the Frontal Sinus. In: Kountakis, S., Senior, B., Draf, W. (eds) The Frontal Sinus. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-48523-1_11

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