Does blood and lymphatic vessel density in head and neck squamous cell carcinoma have prognostics significance?
β Scribed by Michaelina Macluskey; H. Alkhadar; G. Stenhouse; P. McLoughlin
- Book ID
- 116316945
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 2008
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 53 KB
- Volume
- 46
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0266-4356
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