## Abstract The epidemiology mid histology of Hodgkin's disease in Cali, Colombia is reported on the basis of data from the Cancer Registry and a review of slides from several of the city's departments of pathology. Comparison of the results with incidence data published by UICC and with other repo
Epidemiological evidence on the nature of hodgkin's disease
โ Scribed by Brian Macmahons
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1957
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 887 KB
- Volume
- 10
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0008-543X
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