Oral Oncology
Volume 38, Issue 3 , Pages 313-317 , April 2002

Carotid body tumour

  • Yasuyuki Shibuya

      Affiliations

    • Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Kobe Steel Hospital, Kakogawa, Japan
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +81-794-37-3636; fax: +81-794-36-4862
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  • Masahiro Umeda

      Affiliations

    • Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Kobe University School of Medicine, Kobe, Japan
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  • Tomohiro Yoshikawa

      Affiliations

    • Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Kobe University School of Medicine, Kobe, Japan
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  • Takahide Komori

      Affiliations

    • Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Kobe University School of Medicine, Kobe, Japan

Received 18 March 2001 ,Accepted 22 April 2001.

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Oral Oncology
Volume 38, Issue 3 , Pages 313-317 , April 2002

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