55 Individual survival probability estimation in papillary thyroid cancer
✍ Scribed by Ésik, O.; Tusnády, G.; Daubner, K.; Németh, G.; Fûzy, M.; Szentirmay, Z.
- Book ID
- 122407979
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 1996
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 127 KB
- Volume
- 40
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0167-8140
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