Huge Intravascular Tumor Extending to the Heart: Leiomyomatosis
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Huge Intravascular Tumor Extending to the Heart: Leiomyomatosis
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عنوان ژورنال: Case Reports in Surgery
سال: 2015
ISSN: 2090-6900,2090-6919
DOI: 10.1155/2015/658728