Treatment of cancer-related anorexia with olanzapine and megestrol acetate: a randomized trial
โ Scribed by Rudolph M. Navari; Marie C. Brenner
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag
- Year
- 2009
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 120 KB
- Volume
- 18
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0941-4355
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