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Sentinel lymph node biopsy as an alternative to routine axillary lymph node dissection in breast cancer patients

✍ Scribed by Blake Cady


Publisher
John Wiley and Sons
Year
2001
Tongue
English
Weight
59 KB
Volume
77
Category
Article
ISSN
0022-4790

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