Metinel Node—The First Lymph Node Draining a Metastasis—Contains Tumor-Reactive Lymphocytes
✍ Scribed by Kjell Dahl; Mona Karlsson; Per Marits; Anna Hoffstedt; Ola Winqvist; Magnus Thörn
- Book ID
- 111772382
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 2008
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 337 KB
- Volume
- 15
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1068-9265
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