European Journal of Radiology
Volume 44, Issue 2 , Pages 96-107 , November 2002

Imaging the treated oral cavity and oropharynx

  • Franz J Wippold II

      Affiliations

    • Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology, Washington University Medical Center, 510 South Kingshighway Boulevard, St. Louis, MO 63110, USA
    • Department of Radiology, Barnes-Jewish Hospital, St. Louis, MO 63110, USA
    • Department of Radiology/Nuclear Medicine, F. Edward Hébert School of Medicine, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, MD 20814, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationTel.: +1-314-362-5949; fax: +1-314-362-4886

Received 20 February 2002 ,Revised 22 February 2002 ,Accepted 25 February 2002.

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 Presented at the XV International Congress of Head and Neck Radiology, Kumamoto, Japan, October 2000.

☆☆ The opinions and assertions contained herein are the private views of the authors and are not to be construed as official or as reflecting the views of the Department of Defense.

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European Journal of Radiology
Volume 44, Issue 2 , Pages 96-107 , November 2002