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Spindle cell squamous carcinoma of the larynx

Clinico-pathological study of seven cases

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 June 2007

G. Recher*
Affiliation:
Vicenza, Italy
*
Gianfranco Recher, M.D., Department of Otolaryngology, St. Bortolo Hospital, 36100 Vicenza VI, Italy.

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