Three cases of children with retropharyngeal abscess, mediastinitis, and mediastinal emphysema, secondary to oropharyngeal in jury.
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عنوان ژورنال: Nihon Kikan Shokudoka Gakkai Kaiho
سال: 1989
ISSN: 0029-0645,1880-6848
DOI: 10.2468/jbes.40.320