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Interstitial brachytherapy for metastatic brain tumors

✍ Scribed by Michael Prados; Steve Leibel; Colleen M. Barnett; Philip Gutin

Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
Year: 1989
Tongue: English
Weight: 412 KB
Volume: 63
Category: Article
ISSN: 0008-543X
DOI: 10.1002/1097-0142(19890215)63:4<657::aid-cncr2820630410>3.0.co;2-q

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