Lymphoscintigraphic sentinel node identification in patients with breast cancer: the role of SPECT-CT
β Scribed by H. Lerman; U. Metser; G. Lievshitz; F. Sperber; S. Shneebaum; E. Even-Sapir
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 2005
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 246 KB
- Volume
- 33
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0340-6997
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