Cardiovascular toxicity associated with adjuvant trastuzumab therapy: prevalence, patient characteristics, and risk factors
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عنوان ژورنال: Therapeutic Advances in Drug Safety
سال: 2014
ISSN: 2042-0986,2042-0994
DOI: 10.1177/2042098614529603