Necrotizing soft-tissue infections in the head and neck: A clinicopathological study

Laryngoscope

Volumn 101, Issue 6, 1991, Pages 619-625

  Tovi, Ferit ^a   Fliss, Dan M ^a   Zirkin, Howard J ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK DISEASE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; NECROTIZING FASCIITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AGED; CHILD; FEMALE; HEAD; HUMAN; INFECTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; NECK; NECROSIS;

EID: 0026316269     PISSN: 0023852X     EISSN: 15314995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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