Sustained long-term complete regression of a giant cell tumor of the spine after treatment with denosumab
โ Scribed by Mattei, Tobias A.; Ramos, Edwin; Rehman, Azeem A.; Shaw, Andrew; Patel, Shreyasumar R.; Mendel, Ehud
- Book ID
- 121648941
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 2014
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 317 KB
- Volume
- 14
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1529-9430
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