Benign anatomical mistakes: The correct anatomical term for the recurrent laryngeal nerve

American Surgeon

Volumn 68, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 95-97

  Mirilas, Petros ^a   Skandalakis, John E ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DISEASE COURSE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MEDICAL ERROR; NOMENCLATURE; RECURRENT LARYNGEAL NERVE; SUBCLAVIAN ARTERY; VAGUS NERVE; VASCULAR RING; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN;

HUMANS; RECURRENT LARYNGEAL NERVE; TERMINOLOGY;

EID: 0036053065     PISSN: 00031348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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