PET-CT for metastatic head and neck squamous carcinoma with unknown primary; correlation with targeted and surveillance biopsy
β Scribed by R. Kulkarni; J. McCaul; M. Mehzer
- Book ID
- 116318375
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 2012
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 49 KB
- Volume
- 50
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0266-4356
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