Treatment of stage D prostatic carcinoma with megestrol acetate
โ Scribed by Margaret Block; Philip Bonomi; Kenning Anderson; Janet Wolter; John Showel; Dennis Pessis; Robert Slayton
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1981
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 232 KB
- Volume
- 17
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0022-4790
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