Mixed germ cell sex cord-stromal tumours of the testis
β Scribed by Michal Michal; Ondrej Hes; Petr Mukensnabl; Dmitry V. Kazakov
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 2007
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 203 KB
- Volume
- 451
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1432-2307
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