Surgical treatment of locally far-advanced lung carcinoma
โ Scribed by Hiroshi Takita; Francis Edgerton; Donna Conway; Patrick C. Marabella; Ronald G. Vincent
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1981
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 219 KB
- Volume
- 17
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0022-4790
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