Early prognostic assessment of facial palsy using the antidromic facial nerve response
β Scribed by Masashi Hamada; Hiroaki Nakatani; Mitsuru Iwai; Kazuhiro Yamakawa; Taizo Takeda
- Book ID
- 117399366
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications
- Year
- 2003
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 34 KB
- Volume
- 129
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0194-5998
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