Intra-arterial chemotherapy using a reservoir for endocrine-refractory prostate cancer
✍ Scribed by Manabu Kuriyama, Toshimi Takeuchi…
- Book ID
- 120777493
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 1994
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 331 KB
- Volume
- 35
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0344-5704
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