The Early Experience of the Transpubic Approach for Excision of Prostatic and/or Bladder Rhabdomyosarcoma in Children
β Scribed by Halil Tugtepe; Naima Smeulders; Tanzina Choudhury; Abraham Cherian; Peter Cuckow; Patrick Duffy; Julia Chisholm; Imran Mushtaq
- Book ID
- 116693998
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 2010
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 42 KB
- Volume
- 6
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1477-5131
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