Size and status of metastases after inductive chemotherapy of germ-cell tumors
✍ Scribed by N. Jaeger; L. Weißbach; R. Bussar-Maatz
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag
- Year
- 1994
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 387 KB
- Volume
- 12
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0724-4983
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