Endoscopic ultrasound-guided transrectal biopsies of pelvic tumors
โ Scribed by Marco Sailer; Dieter Bussen; Martin Fein; Stephan Freys; Sebastian E Debus; Arnulf Thiede; Karl-Hermann Fuchs
- Book ID
- 108487947
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag
- Year
- 2002
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 301 KB
- Volume
- 6
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1091-255X
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