Thomas J
T1 Breast Cancer: Identification of Patients at Low Risk of Axillary Lymph Node Metastases
✍ Scribed by Arnim A. Bader; Joke Tio; Edgar Petru; Michael Bühner; Annette Pfahlberg; Hildegard Volkholz; Augustinus H. Tulusan
- Book ID
- 110393684
- Publisher
- Springer US
- Year
- 2002
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 75 KB
- Volume
- 76
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0167-6806
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