Meta-analysis of non-sentinel node metastases associated with micrometastatic sentinel nodes in breast cancer
✍ Scribed by G. Cserni; D. Gregori; F. Merletti; A. Sapino; M. P. Mano; A. Ponti; S. Sandrucci; B. Baltás; G. Bussolati
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2004
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 130 KB
- Volume
- 91
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0007-1323
- DOI
- 10.1002/bjs.4725
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