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Oropharyngeal Kaposi's sarcoma

Report of two cases and review of the literature

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 June 2007

P. C. Windle-Taylor*
Affiliation:
Reading
N. Shah
Affiliation:
Reading
*
P. C. Windle-Taylor, Department of Otolaryngology, The London Hospital, Whitechapel, London E1 1BB.

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Copyright © JLO (1984) Limited 1983

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