Photodynamic Therapy for Head and Neck Lesions in the Subtropics
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network
سال: 2012
ISSN: 1540-1405,1540-1413
DOI: 10.6004/jnccn.2012.0179