Low doses of oral dexamethasone for hormone-refractory prostate carcinoma
β Scribed by Kazuo Nishimura; Norio Nonomura; Yutaka Yasunaga; Natsuki Takaha; Hitoshi Inoue; Hideki Sugao; Seiji Yamaguchi; Osanu Ukimura; Tsuneharu Miki; Akihiko Okuyama
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2000
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 90 KB
- Volume
- 89
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0008-543X
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