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Risk of Injury to the External Branch of the Superior Laryngeal Nerve in Thyroidectomy

✍ Scribed by Luis Mauricio Hurtado-Lopez; Felipe Rafael Zaldivar-Ramírez


Book ID
110083984
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons
Year
2002
Tongue
English
Weight
557 KB
Volume
112
Category
Article
ISSN
0023-852X

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