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Use of the carbon dioxide laser in the Management of premalignant lesions of the oral Mucosa*

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 June 2007

J. W. Frame
Affiliation:
Birmingham
A. R. Das Gupta
Affiliation:
Birmingham
G. A. Dalton
Affiliation:
Birmingham
P. H. Rhys Evans*
Affiliation:
Birmingham
*
P. H. Rhys Evans, F.R.C.S., Department of Otolaryngology, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham, B15.

Abstract

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Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © JLO (1984) Limited 1984

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Footnotes

*

Based on a paper presented at the 1st meeting of the European Laser Association in Cannes, France in October 1982.

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