Spontaneous regression (cure?) of a malignant tumor of bone
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عنوان ژورنال: Cancer
سال: 1957
ISSN: 0008-543X,1097-0142
DOI: 10.1002/1097-0142(195703/04)10:2<377::aid-cncr2820100219>3.0.co;2-2