Clinical experience with midline laser glossectomy

Practica Otologica

Volumn 90, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 791-796

  Takeda, Kosei ^a   Kai, Tomoaki ^b   Ogawa, Akira ^b   Usui, Nobuo ^c  

^a Department of Internal Medicine   (Japan)

^b Self Defense Forces Central Hospital   (Japan)

^c TOHO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Base of the tongue; Complications; Midline laser glossectomy; Sleep apnea; UPPP

Indexed keywords

EID: 0242512447     PISSN: 00326313     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5631/jibirin.90.791     Document Type: Article

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