Postoperative split course radiotherapy of squamous cell carcinoma of the oral tongue
β Scribed by Michael Bamberg; Ulrich Schulz; Eberhard Scherer
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 1979
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 504 KB
- Volume
- 5
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0360-3016
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