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Can the Malnutrition Universal Screening Tool (MUST) Predict Healing Complications Following Microvascular Reconstruction of the Head and Neck? 营养不良通用筛查工具 (MUST) 能否预测头颈部微血管重建术后的愈合并发症？

IF 0.9 3区文学

ESSAYS IN CRITICISM Pub Date : 2024-03-01 Epub Date: 2023-02-24 DOI: 10.1177/19433875231160346

Camilo Mosquera, Marina Morante Silva, Ashleigh M Weyh, Michael A Malik, Rui Fernandes

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