Radiation-induced peripheral neuropathies: Etiopathogenesis, risk factors, differential diagnostics, symptoms and treatment
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عنوان ژورنال: Arhiv za onkologiju
سال: 2007
ISSN: 0354-7310,1450-9520
DOI: 10.2298/aoo0704081v