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Spontaneous perforation of the pharynx/oesophagus

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 June 2007

M. Wake*
Affiliation:
(Dudley, Birmingham)
K. Pearman
Affiliation:
(Dudley, Birmingham)
J. B. Campbell
Affiliation:
(Dudley, Birmingham)
*
M. Wake, ENT Registrar, Russell's Hall Hospital, Dudley, West Midlands.

Abstract

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Copyright
Copyright © JLO (1984) Limited 1988

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