Oral Oncology
Volume 40, Issue 5 , Pages 501-505 , May 2004

Frey syndrome. A proposal for evaluating severity

  • Kuauhyama Luna-Ortiz

      Affiliations

    • Departamento de Cirugia de Cabeza y Cuello, Instituto Nacional de Cancerologı́a, Av. San Fernando No. 22, Tlalpan, México, D.F. 14 080, Mexico
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel./fax: +52-55-56-28-04-21
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  • Jesús Alberto Sansón-Rı́oFrı́o

      Affiliations

    • Departamento de Cirugia de Cabeza y Cuello, Instituto Nacional de Cancerologı́a, Av. San Fernando No. 22, Tlalpan, México, D.F. 14 080, Mexico
    • ,
  • Adalberto Mosqueda-Taylor

      Affiliations

    • Departamento de Atención a la Salud, Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana Xochimilco, México, D.F., Mexico

Received 15 September 2003 ,Accepted 14 October 2003.

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doi: 10.1016/j.oraloncology.2003.10.005

Oral Oncology
Volume 40, Issue 5 , Pages 501-505 , May 2004

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