Results of Preoperative Lymphoscintigraphy for Breast Cancer Are Predictive of Identification of Axillary Sentinel Lymph Nodes
✍ Scribed by Frédéric Marchal; Philippe Rauch; Olivier Morel; Jean Claude Mayer; Pierre Olivier; Agnès Leroux; Jean Luc Verhaeghe; François Guillemin
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 2005
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 99 KB
- Volume
- 30
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0364-2313
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