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Idiopathic sudden hearing loss: another kind of circulatory risk should not be neglected

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  1. Department of Experimental, Diagnostic and Specialty Medicine, University of Bologna, S. Orsola-Malpighi University Hospital, Via Massarenti 9, 40138, Bologna, Italy

    Antonio Pirodda & Gian Gaetano Ferri

  2. Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy

    Claudio Borghi

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Pirodda, A., Ferri, G.G. & Borghi, C. Idiopathic sudden hearing loss: another kind of circulatory risk should not be neglected. Eur Arch Otorhinolaryngol 270, 2371–2372 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00405-013-2519-8

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