[Central suspension operation of hyoid and lower jaw for OSAS]

Quanqing Kang1, Xuerong Wang, Junrong Wei

  • 1Department of Otolaryngology, Second Hospital of Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an 710004.

Lin Chuang Er Bi Yan Hou Ke Za Zhi = Journal of Clinical Otorhinolaryngology
|December 9, 2003
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