Aggressive surgical therapy after irradiation failure in treatment of cancer of the oral tongue
β Scribed by Zieman, Gregory A.
- Book ID
- 122048355
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 1985
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 301 KB
- Volume
- 43
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1531-5053
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