Lasers in rhinology

Current Opinion in Otolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 27-30

  McGilligan, J Anthony ^a   Shapshay, Stanley M ^a  

^a TUFTS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HUMAN; LASER; NOSE; ONCOLOGY; OTORHINOLARYNGOLOGY; PARANASAL SINUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY;

EID: 0031950799     PISSN: 10689508     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00020840-199802000-00005     Document Type: Short Survey

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