Treatment of carcinoma of the esophagus with 5-fluorouracil and recombinant alfa-2a-interferon
โ Scribed by Scott Wadler; Stanley Fell; Hilda Haynes; Henry J. Katz; Alla Rozenblit; Ronald Kaleya; Peter H. Wiernik
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1993
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 445 KB
- Volume
- 71
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0008-543X
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