Nutritional Risk Index as a significant prognostic factor in advanced-stage epithelial ovarian cancer patients
β Scribed by Yoon, J.W.; Yim, G.W.; Kim, S.W.; Nam, E.J.; Kim, S.; Kim, J.W.; Kim, Y.T.
- Book ID
- 126862879
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 2014
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 48 KB
- Volume
- 133
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0090-8258
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