Clinical Review
Recurrent Otic Barotrauma in a Student Naval Aviator
Case in Point
Fed Pract. 2008 January;25(1):11
Author(s):
Murphy WT
Author and Disclosure Information
Wayne T. Murphy, MD, LT, MC, USN
LT Murphy is the senior naval flight surgeon for Training Airwing 4 at Naval Air Station Corpus Christi and the department head for flight medicine at Naval Hospital Corpus Christi, both in Corpus Christi, TX.
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