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  • Ingard Løge, spesialist allmennmedisin, redaktør NEL

Tidligere fagmedarbeidere

  • Stein Helge Glad Nordahl, Dr.med., overlege, Spesialist i øre-nese-hals sykdommer og Hode & Hals kirurgi, Øre-nese-hals avdelingen, Haukeland Universitetssykehus, Helse Bergen HF