Primary staging and follow-up in melanoma patients – monocenter evaluation of methods, costs and patient survival
✍ Scribed by Hofmann, U; Szedlak, M; Rittgen, W; Jung, E G; Schadendorf, D
- Book ID
- 109997308
- Publisher
- Nature Publishing Group
- Year
- 2002
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 138 KB
- Volume
- 87
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0007-0920
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