FDG-PET for axillary lymph node staging in primary breast cancer
β Scribed by Flavio Crippa; Alberto Gerali; Alessandra Alessi; Roberto Agresti; Emilio Bombardieri
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 2004
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 166 KB
- Volume
- 31
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0340-6997
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