The nature of giant cell tumor of bone
✍ Scribed by M. Wülling; C. Engels; N. Jesse; M. Werner; G. Delling; E. Kaiser
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag
- Year
- 2001
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 461 KB
- Volume
- 127
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1432-1335
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