Piriform sinus fistula. A route of infection in acute cervical abscess.
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عنوان ژورنال: Nihon Kikan Shokudoka Gakkai Kaiho
سال: 1988
ISSN: 0029-0645,1880-6848
DOI: 10.2468/jbes.39.267