Endoscopic Ultrasound Guided Fine Needle Marking of Lymph Nodes
β Scribed by Michael H. Larsen; Claus Fristrup; Torsten Pless; Alan Ainsworth; Henning O. Nielsen; Claus P. Hovendal; Michael B. Mortensen
- Book ID
- 119248346
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 2009
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 90 KB
- Volume
- 69
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1097-6779
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