Oropharyngeal manifestations of lepidopterism

Archives of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery

Volumn 125, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 50-52

  Lee, Dennis ^a   Pitetti, Raymond D ^a   Casselbrant, Margaretha L ^a  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

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[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRONCHOSCOPY; CHILD; ERYTHEMA; ESOPHAGOSCOPY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; INSECT; LARYNGOSCOPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OROPHARYNX; PHARYNX DISEASE;

EID: 0033050489     PISSN: 08864470     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archotol.125.1.50     Document Type: Article

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