The treatment of recurrent carcinoma of the rectum by supervoltage x-ray therapy
โ Scribed by Ivor G. Williams; Ivor M. Shulman; Ian P. Todd
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1957
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 330 KB
- Volume
- 44
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0007-1323
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