Aggressive multimodality treatment of invasive thymic carcinoma
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Persistent and Aggressive Treatment for Thymic Carcinoma
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عنوان ژورنال: The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
سال: 2003
ISSN: 0022-5223
DOI: 10.1067/mtc.2003.133