The use of fine-needle aspiration in the evaluation of persistent palpable dominant breast masses
β Scribed by Hindle, William H.; Payne, Pamela A.; Pan, Elaine Y.
- Book ID
- 121937250
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 1993
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 615 KB
- Volume
- 168
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1097-6868
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