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[Measuring quality of life in head and neck cancer. Current status and future needs]

A Dietz1, A Meyer, S Singer

  • 1Klinik für Hals-, Nasen-, Ohrenheilkunde und Plastische Operationen, Universitätsklinikum Leipzig, Liebigstrasse 10-14, 04103, Leipzig, Deutschland. andreas.dietz@medizin.uni-leipzig.de

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|July 25, 2009
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