Osteoradionecrosis of the cervical vertebrae in patients irradiated for head and neck cancers
โ Scribed by Yasuhiro Kosaka; Yoshishige Okuno; Yumiko Tagawa; Nami Ueki; Kyo Itoh; Shogo Shinohara; Masahiro Kikuchi
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 2010
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 442 KB
- Volume
- 28
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1867-1071
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