Post-tonsillectomy haemorrhage: a retrospective comparison of abscess - and elective tonsillectomy
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عنوان ژورنال: Scripta Scientifica Medica
سال: 2008
ISSN: 1314-6408,0582-3250
DOI: 10.14748/ssm.v40i2.530