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Conductive Hearing Loss and the Jugular Bulb

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  1. Department of Surgery (Otolaryngology), Yale School of Medicine, 800 Howard Ave, 4th floor, 06519, New Haven, CT, USA

    J. Toman MD & E. Michaelides MD

  2. Diagnostic Radiology, Yale School of Medicine, Tompkin’s East 2, 06520, PO Box 208042, New Haven, CT, USA

    X. Wu BS & A. Malhotra MD

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Toman, J., Wu, X., Malhotra, A. et al. Conductive Hearing Loss and the Jugular Bulb. Clin Neuroradiol 26, 235–238 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00062-015-0436-5

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