Management of head and neck tumours during pregnancy: Case report and literature review

Asian Journal of Surgery

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 199-203

  Chow, Velda Ling Yu ^a   Chan, Jimmy Yu Wai ^a   Ng, Raymond Wai Man ^a   Wei, William Ignace ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Head and neck tumours; Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

EID: 57149108496     PISSN: 10159584     EISSN: 02193108     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s1015-9584(08)60086-x     Document Type: Article

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