Laparoscopic retroperitoneal lymph node dissection for nonseminomatous testicular carcinoma
โ Scribed by Stefan Corvin; Markus Kuczyk; Aristotelis Anastasiadis; Arnulf Stenzl
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag
- Year
- 2004
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 130 KB
- Volume
- 22
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0724-4983
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