Diagnosis of persistent ovarian carcinoma with three-step immunoscintigraphy
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Zosteriform metastasis of ovarian carcinoma
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عنوان ژورنال: British Journal of Cancer
سال: 2000
ISSN: 0007-0920,1532-1827
DOI: 10.1054/bjoc.1999.0972