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The use of prophylactic percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy and early enteral feeding in patients with advanced head and neck cancer-A prospective longitudinal study

✍ Scribed by Ewa Silander; Jan Nyman; Mogens Bove; Leif Johansson; Sven Larsson; Eva Hammerlid

Book ID
116416501
Publisher
Elsevier Science
Year
2010
Tongue
English
Weight
264 KB
Volume
5
Category
Article
ISSN
1751-4991

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