Gastric surgery as a long-term risk factor for malignant lesions of the larynx

Rossella Cianci1, Jacopo Galli, Stefania Agostino

  • 1Department of Internal Medicine and Gastroenterology, Catholic University of Medicine and Surgery, Rome, Italy.

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