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spellingShingle Kimple, Adam J., Leight, W. Derek, Wheless, Stephen A., Zanation, Adam M., The Laryngoscope, Reducing nasal morbidity after skull base reconstruction with the nasoseptal flap: Free middle turbinate mucosal grafts, Otorhinolaryngology
title Reducing nasal morbidity after skull base reconstruction with the nasoseptal flap: Free middle turbinate mucosal grafts
title_full Reducing nasal morbidity after skull base reconstruction with the nasoseptal flap: Free middle turbinate mucosal grafts
title_fullStr Reducing nasal morbidity after skull base reconstruction with the nasoseptal flap: Free middle turbinate mucosal grafts
title_full_unstemmed Reducing nasal morbidity after skull base reconstruction with the nasoseptal flap: Free middle turbinate mucosal grafts
title_short Reducing nasal morbidity after skull base reconstruction with the nasoseptal flap: Free middle turbinate mucosal grafts
title_sort reducing nasal morbidity after skull base reconstruction with the nasoseptal flap: free middle turbinate mucosal grafts
title_unstemmed Reducing nasal morbidity after skull base reconstruction with the nasoseptal flap: Free middle turbinate mucosal grafts
topic Otorhinolaryngology
url http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/lary.23325