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A Model for Perineural Invasion in Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma
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A Model for Perineural Invasion in Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma

Published on: January 5, 2017

[Desmosomes in invasive laryngeal carcinoma (author's transl)]

P Schenk

    HNO
    |June 1, 1980
    PubMed

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