Cell-Free Circulating DNA: Diagnostic Value in Patients With Testicular Germ Cell Cancer
✍ Scribed by Ellinger, Jörg; Wittkamp, Volker; Albers, Peter; Perabo, Frank G.E.; Mueller, Stefan C.; von Ruecker, Alexander; Bastian, Patrick J.
- Book ID
- 117996256
- Publisher
- Lippincott Williams and Wilkins
- Year
- 2009
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 843 KB
- Volume
- 181
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0022-5347
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