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[Peritonsillar abscess - smoking habits, preoperative coagulation screening and therapy]

M Uhler1, T Schrom, S Knipping

  • 1Städtisches Klinikum Dessau, Klinik für Hals-, Nasen- und Ohrenheilkunde, Kopf- und Halschirurgie, Plastische Operationen, Dessau, Germany.

Laryngo- Rhino- Otologie
|September 3, 2013
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