Neurosurgical intervention after major head injury in pediatric cochlear implant patients: case reports.

Am J Otolaryngol

Division of Otorhinolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Department of Surgery, The University of Hong Kong Medical Centre, Queen Mary Hospital, Hong Kong.

Published: January 2008

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