Carcinoembryonic antigen in serum and pleural fluid as a means of distinction between bronchial carcinoma and pleural mesothelioma
- Book ID
- 123440772
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 1991
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 166 KB
- Volume
- 7
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0169-5002
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