Modified lynch procedure for chronic frontal sinus diseases: Rationale, technique, and long-term results
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عنوان ژورنال: The Laryngoscope
سال: 1987
ISSN: 0023-852X,1531-4995
DOI: 10.1288/00005537-198711000-00005