American Journal of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Medicine and Surgery
Volume 28, Issue 4 , Pages 238-241 , July 2007

Sinonasal metastatic hepatocellular carcinoma

  • Hsueh-Hsin Huang, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Otolaryngology, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Keelung, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Po-Hung Chang, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Otolaryngology, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Taipei 333, Taiwan
    • School of Medicine, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Tuan-Jen Fang, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Otolaryngology, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Keelung, Taiwan
    • School of Medicine, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Department of Otolaryngology, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital 5, Fu-Shin Street, Gueishan, Taoyuan 333, Taiwan. Tel.: +886 3 3281200x3967; fax: +886 3 3979361.

Received 4 July 2006

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doi: 10.1016/j.amjoto.2006.08.012

American Journal of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Medicine and Surgery
Volume 28, Issue 4 , Pages 238-241 , July 2007

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