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Retropharyngeal Lymph Node Metastasis from Cancer of the Head and Neck

Alfio Ferlito Department of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, University of Udine, Udine, Italy
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Ashok R. Shaha Head and Neck Service, Memorial Sloan - Kettering Cancer Center, New York New York, USA
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Alessandra Rinaldo Department of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, University of Udine, Udine, Italy
Pages 556-560 | Published online: 08 Jul 2009

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