P148 Surgical treatment of patients with multiple myeloma involving the spine: retrospective analysis
β Scribed by L. Danka; P.P. Varga
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 2007
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 66 KB
- Volume
- 21
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0268-960X
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