Surgical management of aggressive fungal infection involving the anterior skull base

Operative Techniques in Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 268-270

  Hochman, Ilan I ^a,b   Elran, Hanoch ^a,b   Zucker, Gideon ^a,b   Cohen, Jacob T ^a,b   Gatot, Albert ^a,b   Ophir, Dov ^a,b   Fliss, Dan M ^a,b  

^a TEL AVIV SOURASKY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

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EID: 34447624402     PISSN: 10431810     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/otot.2000.19708     Document Type: Article

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