Is this lump in the neck anything to worry about? How to recognize warning signs of an abnormal mass

Postgraduate Medicine

Volumn 104, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 63-78

  Armstrong, William B ^a   Giglio, Mark F ^a  

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Indexed keywords

ANAMNESIS; ANATOMY; CERVICAL LYMPH NODE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE COURSE; HUMAN; NECK TUMOR; PALPATION; RISK FACTOR;

EID: 0031718032     PISSN: 00325481     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3810/pgm.1998.09.571     Document Type: Conference Paper

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