Long-term follow-up of radiotherapy for pituitary adenoma: The absence of late recurrence after ≥ 4500 cGy
✍ Scribed by W.Mark McCollough; Robert B. Marcus Jr.; Albert L. Rhoton; William E. Ballinger Jr.; Rodney R. Million
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 1990
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 148 KB
- Volume
- 19
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0360-3016
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