395 SURVIVAL OF PATIENTS RECEIVING YTTRIUM-90 MICROSPHERES VS CHEMOEMBOLIZATION FOR UNRESECTABLE HEPATOCELLULAR CARCINOMA
โ Scribed by L.E. Moreno-Luna; R. Paz-Fumagalli; D.M. Harnois; P.C. de Groen; K.N. Lazaridis; K.V.N. Menon; N.F. La Russo; S.R. Alberts; G.J. Gores; T.M. Therneau; G.A. Wiseman; J.C. Andrews; L.R. Roberts
- Book ID
- 117376321
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 2008
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 55 KB
- Volume
- 48
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0168-8278
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