Thyroid dysfunction after combined therapy for laryngeal cancer: A prospective study
✍ Scribed by Seyhan Alkan; Serdar Baylancicek; Memet Çiftçic; Esra Sozen; Burhan Dadaş
- Book ID
- 116814396
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications
- Year
- 2008
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 133 KB
- Volume
- 139
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0194-5998
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