Gamma-detecting probe used intraoperatively to locate the sentinel lymph node in patients with malignant melanoma
✍ Scribed by Gemma Sugrañes; Sergi Vidal-Sicart; Jordi Piulachs; Ernest Bombuy; Francesca Pons; Teresa Castel; Ramón Rull; Ramón Herranz; Josep Visa
- Book ID
- 111738255
- Publisher
- Taylor and Francis Group
- Year
- 2001
- Weight
- 240 KB
- Volume
- 167
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1102-4151
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