Surgical treatment for brain metastases: prognostic factors and survival in 177 patients
β Scribed by Andreas M. Stark; Hauke Tscheslog; Ralf Buhl; Janka Held-Feindt; H. Maximilian Mehdorn
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag
- Year
- 2004
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 151 KB
- Volume
- 28
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0344-5607
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