Prognostic importance of various clinicopathological features in papillary thyroid carcinoma
β Scribed by Akslen, Lars A.; Myking, Andreas O.; Salvesen, Helga; Varhaug, Jan E.
- Book ID
- 123281478
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 1993
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 949 KB
- Volume
- 29
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0959-8049
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