Dynapenia could predict chemotherapy-induced dose-limiting neurotoxicity in digestive cancer patients
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عنوان ژورنال: BMC Cancer
سال: 2018
ISSN: 1471-2407
DOI: 10.1186/s12885-018-4860-1