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The effects of local anesthetics on the cochlea of the guinea pig†‡
Paul H. Ward M.D.,
Vicente Honrubia M.D.,
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Paul H. Ward M.D.
Los Angeles, Calif
UCLA Center for Health Sciences, Division of Head and Neck Surgery, Los Angeles, Calif. 90024Search for more papers by this authorPaul H. Ward M.D.,
Vicente Honrubia M.D.,
Corresponding Author
Paul H. Ward M.D.
Los Angeles, Calif
UCLA Center for Health Sciences, Division of Head and Neck Surgery, Los Angeles, Calif. 90024Search 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 27, 1969
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From the Department of Surgery, Head and Neck (Otolaryngology), UCLA School of Medicine, Los Angeles, Calif. 90024

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