Sentinel node biopsy in local anaesthesia in patients with head and neck Merkel cell carcinoma
โ Scribed by Virve Koljonen; Sinikka Suominen
- Book ID
- 105931617
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 2007
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 108 KB
- Volume
- 30
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1435-0130
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