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Retropharyngeal abscess complicating a neck wound

(A case report)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 June 2007

J. M. Pickles*
Affiliation:
(Leeds)
*
J. M. Pickles, Senior ENT Registrar, The General Infirmary at Leeds, Great George Street, Leeds LSI 3EX.

Abstract

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Type
Clinical Records
Copyright
Copyright © JLO (1984) Limited 1988

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