A catastrophic cervical necrotizing fasciitis after tooth extraction

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ژورنال

عنوان ژورنال: Internal and Emergency Medicine

سال: 2015

ISSN: 1828-0447,1970-9366

DOI: 10.1007/s11739-015-1379-1