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Radiation-induced xerostomia in patients with head and neck cancer : A literature review

✍ Scribed by Piet Dirix; Sandra Nuyts; Walter Van den Bogaert

Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
Year: 2006
Tongue: English
Weight: 144 KB
Volume: 107
Category: Article
ISSN: 0008-543X
DOI: 10.1002/cncr.22302

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