Angiogenic factors in serum of patients with testicular germ cell tumours
β Scribed by Ferrero, Simone
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 2004
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 110 KB
- Volume
- 32
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0300-5623
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