Tumor Volume and Tumor Hypoxia in Head and Neck Cancers
✍ Scribed by Jürgen Dunst; Peter Stadler; Axel Becker; Christine Lautenschläger; Tanja Pelz; Gabriele Hänsgen; Michael Molls; Thomas Kuhnt
- Book ID
- 105776114
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 2003
- Tongue
- German
- Weight
- 245 KB
- Volume
- 179
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0179-7158
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