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Lingual thyroid – another potential airway threat

✍ Scribed by J. H. MacG. Palmer; D. R. Ball

Book ID: 104456661
Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
Year: 2001
Tongue: English
Weight: 584 KB
Volume: 56
Category: Article
ISSN: 0003-2409
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2044.2001.01976-25.x

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