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Retropharyngeal abscesses in a children's hospital

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 June 2007

L. H. Yeoh*
Affiliation:
Liverpool
S. D. Singh
Affiliation:
Liverpool
J. H. Rogers
Affiliation:
Liverpool
*
L. H. Yeoh. Senior Registrar, University Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Royal Liverpool Hospital, Prescot Street, P.O. Box 147, Liverpool L69 3BX.

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Copyright © JLO (1984) Limited 1985

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