Dental Complications of Head and Neck Radiotherapy: Part 2
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Review of Oral and Dental Consideration in the Patients with Head and Neck Radiotherapy and Chemotherapy
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عنوان ژورنال: Australian Dental Journal
سال: 2001
ISSN: 0045-0421,1834-7819
DOI: 10.1111/j.1834-7819.2001.tb00278.x