Pulmonary Metastasectomy for Germ Cell Tumors
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عنوان ژورنال: Annals of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
سال: 2019
ISSN: 1341-1098,2186-1005
DOI: 10.5761/atcs.ra.19-00070