Cisplatin-Based Chemotherapy in the Management of Germ Cell Tumors of the Ovary: The Institut Gustave Roussy Experience
✍ Scribed by Stéphane Culine; Catherine Lhomme; Joseph Kattan; Guy Michel; Pierre Duvillard; Jean-Pierre Droz
- Book ID
- 115617070
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 1997
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 75 KB
- Volume
- 64
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0090-8258
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