The significance of the fibrin/fibrinogen degradation product in serum of carcinoma patients with hematogenous metastasis
โ Scribed by Shingi Imaoka; Yo Sasaki; Takeshi Iwanaga; Toshio Terasawa
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1986
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 426 KB
- Volume
- 58
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0008-543X
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