High concentrations of the CA-125, CA 19-9 and CA 15-3 in the peritoneal fluid between patients with and without endometriosis
β Scribed by Ioannis M. Matalliotakis; Anastasia G. Goumenou; Naciye Mulayim; Nikolaos Karkavitsas; Eugenios E. Koumantakis
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 2004
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 145 KB
- Volume
- 271
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0003-9128
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