Pretreatment serum lactate dehydrogenase as additional staging parameter in patients with small-cell lung carcinoma
โ Scribed by M. P. M. Stokkel; B. L. F. van Eck-Smit; A. H. Zwinderman; L. N. A. Willems; E. K. J. Pauwels
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag
- Year
- 1998
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 398 KB
- Volume
- 124
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1432-1335
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