OK-432 sclerotherapy of plunging ranula in 21 patients: It can be a substitute for surgery

American Journal of Neuroradiology

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1090-1095

  Rho, Myung Ho ^a   Kim, D W ^a   Kwon, J S ^a   Lee, S W ^a   Sung, Y S ^a   Song, Y K ^a   Kim, M G ^a   Kim, S G ^a  

^a Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PICIBANIL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DRUG EFFICACY; DYSPHAGIA; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FEVER; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; MUCOCELE; ODYNOPHAGIA; RECURRENCE RISK; SCHOOL CHILD; SCLEROTHERAPY; SWELLING; CHILD; TIME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; PICIBANIL; RANULA; SCLEROTHERAPY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33750591848     PISSN: 01956108     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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