Laparoscopic Resection of Growing Teratoma Syndrome Post Chemotherapy for an Immature Ovarian Teratoma: Case Report
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عنوان ژورنال: JAPANESE JOURNAL OF GYNECOLOGIC AND OBSTETRIC ENDOSCOPY
سال: 2013
ISSN: 1884-9938,1884-5746
DOI: 10.5180/jsgoe.29.158