Retropharyngeal calcific tendinitis: case report and review of literature
โ Scribed by Terry Chung; Ryan Rebello; Everton A Gooden
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 2005
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 357 KB
- Volume
- 11
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1070-3004
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