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Closure of the middle ear with special reference to the development of the tegmen tympani of the temporal bone

  1. José Francisco Rodríguez-Vázquez1,
  2. Gen Murakami2,
  3. Samuel Verdugo-López1,
  4. Shin-ichi Abe3,
  5. Mineko Fujimiya4

Article first published online: 8 APR 2011

DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7580.2011.01378.x

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Journal of Anatomy

Journal of Anatomy

Volume 218, Issue 6, pages 690–698, June 2011

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Rodríguez-Vázquez, J. F., Murakami, G., Verdugo-López, S., Abe, S.-i. and Fujimiya, M. (2011), Closure of the middle ear with special reference to the development of the tegmen tympani of the temporal bone. Journal of Anatomy, 218: 690–698. doi: 10.1111/j.1469-7580.2011.01378.x

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  1. 1

    Department of Anatomy and Human Embryology II, Faculty of Medicine, Embryology Institute, University Complutense of Madrid, Spain

  2. 2

    Division of Internal Medicine, Iwamizawa Kojin-kai Hospital, Iwamizawa, Japan

  3. 3

    Oral Health Science Center HRC7, Tokyo Dental College, Chiba-City, Chiba, Japan

  4. 4

    Department of Anatomy, Sapporo Medical University School of Medicine, Sapporo, Japan

* José Francisco Rodríguez-Vázquez, Departamento de Anatomía y Embriología Humana II, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Complutense, 28040 Madrid, Spain. T: +34 9 13941355; E:jfrodvaz@med.ucm.es

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  1. Issue published online: 2 MAY 2011
  2. Article first published online: 8 APR 2011
  3. Accepted for publication 11 March 2011

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