Characteristics, surgical management, and outcome in 17 carotid body tumors

American Surgeon

Volumn 62, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 1034-1037

  Mitchell, Robert O ^a,c   David Richardson, J ^a   Lambert, Glenn E ^b  

^a CENTRAL BAPTIST HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b University of Louisville School of Medicine   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAROTID BODY TUMOR; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CRANIAL NERVE PARALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG EMBOLISM; LUNG METASTASIS; MALE; STROKE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASCULAR SURGERY;

ADULT; AGED; BIOPSY; CAROTID BODY TUMOR; CRANIAL NERVE DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NECK; NERVE COMPRESSION SYNDROMES; PARESIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0029829749     PISSN: 00031348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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