Results of selective neck dissection in the primary management of head and neck squamous cell carcinoma
β Scribed by Sandra Schmitz; Jean-Pascal Machiels; Birgit Weynand; Vincent Gregoire; Marc Hamoir
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag
- Year
- 2008
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 279 KB
- Volume
- 266
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0302-9530
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