Elective neck treatment versus observation in patients with T1/T2 N0 squamous cell carcinoma of oral tongue
✍ Scribed by Harri Keski-Säntti; Timo Atula; Jyrki Törnwall; Petri Koivunen; Antti Mäkitie
- Book ID
- 113832609
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 2006
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 95 KB
- Volume
- 42
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1368-8375
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