Sentinel node biopsy in malignant melanoma
โ Scribed by Karakousis, Constantine P.; Najibi, Sasan; Trunk, Joachim
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1997
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 43 KB
- Volume
- 66
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0022-4790
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