Surgical management of postradiation residual/recurrent cancer of the base of the tongue
β Scribed by Dr. S. A. Pradhan; R. M. Rajpal; P. M. Kothary
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1980
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 380 KB
- Volume
- 14
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0022-4790
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