CAN PLOIDY OF PROSTATE CARCINOMA DIAGNOSED ON NEEDLE BIOPSY PREDICT RADICAL PROSTATECTOMY STAGE AND GRADE?
β Scribed by BRINKER, DAVID A.; ROSS, JEFFREY S.; TRAN, TIEN-ANH; JONES, DAVID M.; EPSTEIN, JONATHAN I.
- Book ID
- 121784624
- Publisher
- Lippincott Williams and Wilkins
- Year
- 1999
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 62 KB
- Volume
- 162
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0022-5347
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