INTRAVESICAL BACILLUS CALMETTE-GUERIN THERAPY FOR BLADDER TUMOR
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[Intravesical bacillus Calmette-Guerin therapy for superficial bladder cancer].
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عنوان ژورنال: The Japanese Journal of Urology
سال: 1987
ISSN: 0021-5287,1884-7110
DOI: 10.5980/jpnjurol1928.78.12_2087