Detection of cytokeratin-positive cells in the bone marrow of breast cancer patients undergoing adjuvant therapy
β Scribed by Sven Becker; Graziella Becker-Pergola; Diethelm Wallwiener; Erich-Franz Solomayer; Tanja Fehm
- Publisher
- Springer US
- Year
- 2005
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 172 KB
- Volume
- 97
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0167-6806
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