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A histochemical study of the course and distribution of the efferent vestibular fibers to the maculae of the saccule and utricle†‡
Lindsay L. Pratt M.D.,
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Lindsay L. Pratt M.D.
St. Louis, Mo
517 South Euclid Avenue, St. Louis, Mo. 63110Search for more papers by this authorLindsay L. Pratt M.D.,
Corresponding Author
Lindsay L. Pratt M.D.
St. Louis, Mo
517 South Euclid Avenue, St. Louis, Mo. 63110Search for more papers by this author†
Presented at the Seventy-Second Annual Meeting of the American Laryngological, Rhinological and Otological Society, Inc., New Orleans, La., March 25, 1969
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Presented as a Candidate's Thesis for the American Laryngological, Rhinological and Otological Society, Inc., and was joint recipient of the Mosher Award for 1969
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