Metastatic extraocular sebaceous carcinoma with an occult primary
โ Scribed by Purnima Malhotra; Vinod K. Arora; Navjeevan Singh; Arati Bhatia
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2004
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 140 KB
- Volume
- 31
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 8755-1039
- DOI
- 10.1002/dc.20117
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