Consanguinity and hearing impairment in a deaf school
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Prevalence of hearing impairment in siblings of deaf children.
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عنوان ژورنال: Bangladesh Journal of Otorhinolaryngology
سال: 2015
ISSN: 2304-6244,1728-8835
DOI: 10.3329/bjo.v20i2.22020