Interstitial chemotherapy for malignant gliomas: the Johns Hopkins experience
β Scribed by H. Christopher Lawson; Prakash Sampath; Eileen Bohan; Michael C. Park; Namath Hussain; Alessandro Olivi; Jon Weingart; Lawrence Kleinberg; Henry Brem
- Publisher
- Springer US
- Year
- 2006
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 196 KB
- Volume
- 83
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0167-594X
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