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Cancer of the tonsil—A review

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 June 2007

A. Kuruvilla
A. Kuruvilla*
Affiliation:
Paisley, Scotland
*
Division of Head and Neck Survery(Otolaryngology), UCLA School of Medicine, Los Angeles, Californis 90024
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The Journal of Laryngology & Otology , Volume 97 , Issue 8 , August 1983 , pp. 735 - 744
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Copyright © JLO (1984) Limited 1983

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