On the nature of desmoplastic melanoma
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Desmoplastic Melanoma
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عنوان ژورنال: Cancer
سال: 1976
ISSN: 0008-543X,1097-0142
DOI: 10.1002/1097-0142(197609)38:3<1205::aid-cncr2820380322>3.0.co;2-k