American Journal of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Medicine and Surgery
Volume 32, Issue 1 , Pages 24-27 , January 2011

Metastasis to head and neck area: a 16-year retrospective study

  • Soussan Irani, MS

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationDepartment of Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology, Hamadan University of Medical Sciences, P.O. Box: 365, Hamadan 65174-59114 Iran. Tel.: +98 811 8354016, 8354140, 0912 370 8936 (Mobile); fax: +98 811 8354220.

Received 9 August 2009

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PII: S0196-0709(09)00211-7

doi: 10.1016/j.amjoto.2009.09.006

American Journal of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Medicine and Surgery
Volume 32, Issue 1 , Pages 24-27 , January 2011

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