Sentinel lymph node biopsy in thyroid tumors: a pilot study
โ Scribed by Sandro J. Stoeckli; Madeleine Pfaltz; Hans Steinert; Stephan Schmid
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag
- Year
- 2003
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 174 KB
- Volume
- 260
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0302-9530
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