Quantitative ultrasound as a predictor of node metastases and prognosis in patients with breast cancer
โ Scribed by Hideyuki Hashimoto; Masato Suzuki; Masaki Oshida; Takeshi Nagashima; Hiroshi Yagata; Tomotane Shishikura; Nobuhiro Imanaka; Nobuyuki Nakajima
- Publisher
- Springer Japan
- Year
- 2000
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 865 KB
- Volume
- 7
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1340-6868
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