Pathogenesis of vertebral metastasis and epidural spinal cord compression
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عنوان ژورنال: Cancer
سال: 1990
ISSN: 0008-543X,1097-0142
DOI: 10.1002/1097-0142(19900101)65:1<98::aid-cncr2820650121>3.0.co;2-k