Long-term survival of patients suffering from glioblastoma multiforme treated with tumor-treating fields
✍ Scribed by Aaron Michael Rulseh, Jiří Keller, Jan Klener, Jan Šroubek, Vladimír Dbalý, Martin Syrůček, František Tovaryš, Josef Vymazal
- Book ID
- 119903213
- Publisher
- BioMed Central
- Year
- 2012
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 856 KB
- Volume
- 10
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1477-7819
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