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Lymph Node Micrometastases in Head and Neck Cancer: A Review

Alfio Ferlito, Maxine Partridge, Joseph Brennan, Hiroyuki Hamakawa Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Ehime University School of Medicine, Ehime, Japan
Pages 660-665 | Published online: 08 Jul 2009

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