Combined use of fine needle aspiration cytology and full field digital mammography in preoperative assessment of breast masses
β Scribed by Yanan Zhang; Junsheng Li; Zhenling Ji; Wenhao Tang
- Book ID
- 106314831
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 2008
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 218 KB
- Volume
- 7
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1610-1979
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