Detection of lymph node micrometastases in patients with squamous carcinoma of the head and neck
β Scribed by Alfio Ferlito; Alessandra Rinaldo; Kenneth O. Devaney; Koh-ichi Nakashiro; Hiroyuki Hamakawa
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag
- Year
- 2008
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 294 KB
- Volume
- 265
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0302-9530
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