Pigmented Axillary Nodule: Carcinoma of an Ectopic Axillary Breast
✍ Scribed by JoséAntonio Avilés Izquierdo; Diego Martínez Sánchez; Ricardo Suárez Fernández; Pablo Lázaro Ochaita; María Isabel Longo-Imedio
- Book ID
- 109071985
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2006
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 215 KB
- Volume
- 31
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1076-0512
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