Intravenous vincristine infusion: Phase I trial
โ Scribed by Don V. Jackson Jr.; V. Sagar Sethi; Charles L. Spurr; Virgil Willard; Frederick Richards II; John J. Stuart; Hyman B. Muss; M. Robert Cooper; Howard D. Homesley; Vernon W. Jobson; Manford C. Castle
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1981
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 555 KB
- Volume
- 48
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0008-543X
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