Ultrasound-guided interstitial nd: yag laser treatment of voluminous hemangiomas and vascular malformations in 92 patients

Laryngoscope

Volumn 108, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 463-470

  Werner, Jochen A ^a   Lippert, Burkard M ^a   Gottschlich, Stefan ^a   Folz, Benedikt J ^a   Fleiner, Bernd ^b   Hoeft, Steffen ^a   Rudert, Heinrich ^a  

^a Departments of Otorhinolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

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EID: 0000709617     PISSN: 0023852X     EISSN: 15314995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005537-199804000-00001     Document Type: Article

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