Clinical predictors for contralateral neck lymph node metastasis from unilateral squamous cell carcinoma in the oral cavity
β Scribed by Hiroshi Kurita; Takeshi Koike; Jun-nosuke Narikawa; Hironori Sakai; Atsushi Nakatsuka; Shinobu Uehara; Hiroichi Kobayashi; Kenji Kurashina
- Book ID
- 113832420
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 2004
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 163 KB
- Volume
- 40
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1368-8375
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