Photodynamic therapy for the treatment of advanced gastrointestinal tumours
β Scribed by M. L. Jin; B. Q. Yang; W. Zhang; P. Ren
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag
- Year
- 1989
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 298 KB
- Volume
- 4
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0268-8921
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