The value of narrow band imaging for early detection of laryngeal cancer
β Scribed by Akihito Watanabe; Masanobu Taniguchi; Hitoshi Tsujie; Masao Hosokawa; Masahiro Fujita; Shigeyuki Sasaki
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag
- Year
- 2008
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 405 KB
- Volume
- 266
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0302-9530
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