Therapeutic illusion: another frontier in Ménière's disease

Affiliations

¹ Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Clinica Universidad de Navarra, University of Navarra, Navarra, Spain.
² Department of Otolaryngology, University Hospital of Getafe, European University of Madrid, Madrid, Spain.

Comment

Nicolas Pérez-Fernández et al. Ann Transl Med. 2016 Oct.

. 2016 Oct;4(Suppl 1):S63.

doi: 10.21037/atm.2016.10.61.

¹ Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Clinica Universidad de Navarra, University of Navarra, Navarra, Spain.
² Department of Otolaryngology, University Hospital of Getafe, European University of Madrid, Madrid, Spain.

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The authors have no conflicts of interest to declare.

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