Evaluation of the impact of addition of PET to CT and MR scanning in the staging of patients with head and neck carcinomas
β Scribed by Maky A. Hafidh; Peter D. Lacy; Joe P. Hughes; George Duffy; Conrad V. Timon
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag
- Year
- 2006
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 242 KB
- Volume
- 263
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0302-9530
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