Clinical application of the Provox NiD voice prosthesis: A longitudinal study
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Clinical application of the Provox NiD voice prosthesis: a longitudinal study.
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عنوان ژورنال: The Laryngoscope
سال: 2013
ISSN: 0023-852X
DOI: 10.1002/lary.24488