American Journal of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Medicine and Surgery
Volume 28, Issue 5 , Pages 321-324 , September 2007

Foot drop in head and neck cancer

  • Ryan Seth Borress, MD

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Department of Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery, State University of New York Downstate Medical Center, 134 Atlantic Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11201, USA.
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  • Paul Maccabee, MD
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  • Gady Har-El, MD

Received 25 April 2006

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☆ This article was presented as an oral presentation at the Triologic Society Eastern Section Meeting in January 2005.

PII: S0196-0709(06)00242-0

doi: 10.1016/j.amjoto.2006.10.003

American Journal of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Medicine and Surgery
Volume 28, Issue 5 , Pages 321-324 , September 2007

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