Prague Med. Rep. 2017, 118, 49-59

https://doi.org/10.14712/23362936.2017.5

Can Platelet and Leukocyte Indicators Give Us an Idea about Distant Metastasis in Nasopharyngeal Cancer?

Mitat Arıcıgil1, Mehmet Akif Dündar1, Abitter Yücel2, Hamdi Arbağ1, Suhayb Kuria Aziz1

1Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Necmettin Erbakan University, Konya, Turkey
2Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Horasan State Hospital, Erzurum, Turkey

Received January 10, 2017
Accepted March 9, 2017

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