Cutaneous melanoma: Ulceration as a prognostic sign
β Scribed by Victor N. Tompkins
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1953
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 341 KB
- Volume
- 6
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0008-543X
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