Human Papillomavirus DNA in Distant Metastases of Cervical Cancer
✍ Scribed by Hans Ikenberg; Günther Teufel; Beate Schmitt; Friedrich Kommoss; Branko Stanimirovic; Albrecht Pfleiderer
- Book ID
- 115615734
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 1993
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 294 KB
- Volume
- 48
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0090-8258
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