American Journal of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Medicine and Surgery
Volume 31, Issue 5 , Pages 315-319 , September 2010

Prognostic value of metastatic lymph node ratio in node-positive head and neck carcinomas

  • Nilda Süslü, MD

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Faculty of Medicine, Hacettepe University, 06100 Sıhhiye Ankara, Turkey. Tel.: +90 3123051785; fax: +90 3123113500.
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  • A. Şefik Hoşal, MD
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  • Bülent Sözeri, MD

Received 3 February 2009

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PII: S0196-0709(09)00055-6

doi: 10.1016/j.amjoto.2009.03.004

American Journal of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Medicine and Surgery
Volume 31, Issue 5 , Pages 315-319 , September 2010

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