Carotid Body Tumor: Experience from a Tertiary Care Hospital
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Fahad Hanif Khan1*, Kamal Muhammad Yousuf2 and Mishraz Shaikh3 1Department of General Surgery, Civil Hospital, Baba-e-Urdu Road, Karachi, Pakistan 2Department of Vascular Surgery, Liaquat National Hospital, Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan 3Department of General Surgery, Liaquat National Hospital, Karachi, Pakistan *Corresponding author: Fahad Hanif Khan, Department of General Surgery, Civil Hospital, Baba-e-Urdu Road, Karachi, Pakistan, Tel: 92-21-3463 07 07; Fax: 341 40014; E-mail: [email protected]
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