Optimizing primary treatment for advanced laryngeal and pyriform sinus carcinoma
β Scribed by Leigh Hamby; Patrick C. McGrath; Edward A. Luce; William Meeker; Daniel E. Kenady
- Book ID
- 117024619
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 1992
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 511 KB
- Volume
- 164
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0002-9610
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