Positron emission tomographic imaging of head and neck lesions
β Scribed by H. Sakamoto; Y. Nakai; Y. Ohashi; T. Okamura; H. Ochi
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag
- Year
- 1997
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 544 KB
- Volume
- 254
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0302-9530
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