Efficacy of super-selective neck dissection following chemoradiation for advanced head and neck cancer
β Scribed by K. Thomas Robbins; Muthuswamy Dhiwakar; Francisco Vieira; Krishna Rao; James Malone
- Book ID
- 119339281
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 2012
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 204 KB
- Volume
- 48
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1368-8375
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