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Role of transnasal oesophagoscopy in diagnosis of early malignancy in the area of the oesophagus and hypopharynx. A review of the literature

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Tsikoudas, A., Mochloulis, G. Role of transnasal oesophagoscopy in diagnosis of early malignancy in the area of the oesophagus and hypopharynx. A review of the literature. Eur Arch Otorhinolaryngol 271, 203–204 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00405-013-2560-7

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