587 BILATERAL TESTIS GERM CELL TUMORS: OBSERVATIONS FROM THE SEER DATABASE
โ Scribed by Hakimi, A. Ari; Williams, Steve K.; Ghavamian, Reza; Rabbani, Farhang
- Book ID
- 118482908
- Publisher
- Lippincott Williams and Wilkins
- Year
- 2011
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 51 KB
- Volume
- 185
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0022-5347
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