Risk of mortality in patients with cancer who experience febrile neutropenia
β Scribed by Gary H. Lyman; Shannon L. Michels; Matthew W. Reynolds; Rich Barron; Karen Smoyer Tomic; Jingbo Yu
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2010
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 274 KB
- Volume
- 116
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0008-543X
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