Articulatory function and tongue mobility after surgery followed by radiotherapy for tongue and floor of the mouth cancer patients

British Journal of Plastic Surgery

Volumn 51, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 589-593

  Konstantinović, Vitomir S ^a,b   Dimic N D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE   (Serbia)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOUTH CANCER; MYOCUTANEOUS FLAP; ORAL SURGERY; PECTORALIS MAJOR MUSCLE; PLASTIC SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPEECH ARTICULATION; TISSUE FLAP; TONGUE CANCER; TUMOR VOLUME;

EID: 0032404204     PISSN: 00071226     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1054/bjps.1998.0202     Document Type: Article

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