Results of accelerated split-course radio-chemotherapy in unresectable head & neck carcinomas
✍ Scribed by Thomas G. Wend; Thomas P.U. Wustrow; Reiner Hartenstein; Klaus-Rüdiger Trott
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 1987
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 113 KB
- Volume
- 13
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0360-3016
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