Decreased risk of radiation-associated second malignant neoplasms in actinomycin-d-treated patients
✍ Scribed by Giulio J. D'Angio; Anna Meadows; Valerie Miké; Curtis Harris; Audrey Evans; Norman Jaffe; William Newton; Odile Schweisguth; Wataru Sutow; Patricia Morris-Jones
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1976
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 700 KB
- Volume
- 37
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0008-543X
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