Hyperthermic perfusion with chemotherapy for melanoma of the extremities
✍ Scribed by Farid Ghussen; Ingo Krüger; Richard V. Smalley; Wolfgang Groth
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 1989
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 524 KB
- Volume
- 13
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0364-2313
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