Desmoplastic and desmoplastic neurotropic melanoma

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ژورنال

عنوان ژورنال: Cancer

سال: 1998

ISSN: 0008-543X,1097-0142

DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1097-0142(19980915)83:6<1128::aid-cncr11>3.0.co;2-7