Management of lateral neck masses in adults

British Medical Journal

Volumn 320, Issue 7248, 2000, Pages 1521-1524

  Gleeson, Michael ^a   Herbert, Amanda ^b   Richards, Aurelia ^a  

^a GUY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b ST THOMAS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; HUMAN; LYMPHOMA; NECK TUMOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA;

ADULT; BIOPSY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS;

EID: 0034600468     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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