Lethal outcome of post-tonsillectomy hemorrhage.

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Published in Eur Arch Otorhinolaryngol on May 28, 2008

Authors

J P Windfuhr1, G Schloendorff, D Baburi, B Kremer

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Malteser Krankenhaus St. Anna, Albertus Magnus Str. 33, 47259, Duisburg, Germany. jochen.windfuhr@malteser.de

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