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Tenderness Over the Hyoid Bone Can Indicate Epiglottitis in Adults

Hiroshi Ehara
The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine September 2006, 19 (5) 517-520; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3122/jabfm.19.5.517
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