Current surgical approach to Paget's disease
β Scribed by Laura S. Dominici; Susan Lester; Guo-Shiou Liao; Life Guo; Michelle Specht; Barbara L. Smith; Mehra Golshan
- Book ID
- 116217362
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 2012
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 588 KB
- Volume
- 204
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0002-9610
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