Lymph node dissection in cutaneous melanoma: Surgical and oncological implications
✍ Scribed by Ralf Uwe Peter; Gertraud Krähn; Peter Kaskel
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 2000
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 34 KB
- Volume
- 385
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1435-2451
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