An efficacious approach to the diagnosis and treatment of lymphoma requires the expertise of both physicians and surgeons. The surgeon frequently is required to provide an adequate tissue diagnosis, stage the disease, and treat complications of the disease such as splenomegaly. Often, abdominal and
Diagnostic imaging evaluation of hodgkin';s disease and non-hodgkin';s lymphoma
โ Scribed by Ronald A. Castellino
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1991
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 391 KB
- Volume
- 67
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0008-543X
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