Clin Exp Otorhinolaryngol.  2021 Aug;14(3):247-248. 10.21053/ceo.2021.01074.

What Does the Microbiome in the Tonsil Tell Us?

• Cho SW
• Yang SK

• KMID: 2519177
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.21053/ceo.2021.01074

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