Role of compartmental resection for soft tissue sarcoma of the limb and limb girdle
β Scribed by Miss A. Stotter; M. Fallowfield; A. Mott; C. Fisher; G. Westbury
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1990
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 519 KB
- Volume
- 77
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0007-1323
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