The modern surgical and non-surgical management of appendicular skeletal metastases
β Scribed by Ashford, Robert U.; Benjamin, Linus; Pendlebury, Susan; Stalley, Paul D.
- Book ID
- 118033771
- Publisher
- Elsevier
- Year
- 2012
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 801 KB
- Volume
- 26
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1877-1327
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