Complications of intravesical bacillus Calmette-Guerin for superficial bladder cancer
✍ Scribed by William B. Harley
- Book ID
- 117719401
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 1997
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 409 KB
- Volume
- 16
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1069-417X
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