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A review of Carbon Dioxide laser surgery in the oral cavity and pharynx

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 June 2007

P. H. Rhys Evans*
Affiliation:
Department of Otolaryngology, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, University of Birmingham.
J. W. Frame
Affiliation:
Department of Oral Surgery, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, University of Birmingham.
J. Brandrick
Affiliation:
Department of Otolaryngology, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, University of Birmingham.
*
Peter H. Rhys Evans, Department of Otolaryngology, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Edgbaston, Birmingham, B15.

Abstract

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Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © JLO (1984) Limited 1986

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Footnotes

Based on a paper presented at the Second British Laser Conference, London, 13 December 1983.

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