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Observation of the Glycocalyx of the Organ of Corti: An investigation by electron microscopy in the normal and gentamicin-treated guinea pig

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 June 2007

M. Takumida ,
J. Wersäll ,
D Bagger-Shöbäck  and
Y. Harada
M. Takumida*
Affiliation:
Department of Otolaryngology, Karolinska Institutet, Karolinska Sjukhuset, S-104 01, Stockholm, Sweden
J. Wersäll
Affiliation:
Department of Otolaryngology, Karolinska Institutet, Karolinska Sjukhuset, S-104 01, Stockholm, Sweden
D Bagger-Shöbäck
Affiliation:
Department of Otolaryngology, Karolinska Institutet, Karolinska Sjukhuset, S-104 01, Stockholm, Sweden
Y. Harada
Affiliation:
Department of Otolaryngology, Hiroshima University School of Medicine, Hiroshima, Japan
*
Dr. M. Takumida, Department of Otolaryngology, Hiroshima University School of Medicine, 1–2–3 Kasumicho, Minamiku, Hiroshima, 734, Japan
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The Journal of Laryngology & Otology , Volume 103 , Issue 2 , February 1989 , pp. 134 - 136
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Copyright © JLO (1984) Limited 1989

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