Second axillary sentinel node biopsy for ipsilateral breast tumour recurrence
✍ Scribed by M. Intra; G. Trifirò; V. Galimberti; O. Gentilini; N. Rotmensz; P. Veronesi
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2007
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 82 KB
- Volume
- 94
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0007-1323
- DOI
- 10.1002/bjs.5813
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