Retroperitoneal extragonadal germ cell tumor in a patient with Klinefelter's syndrome
โ Scribed by HIROMU INAI; KOJI KAWAI; YUKIO MORISHITA; MICHIO NAGATA; MASAYUKI NOGUCHI; HIDEYUKI AKAZA
- Book ID
- 108976862
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2005
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 267 KB
- Volume
- 12
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0919-8172
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