Treatment of lymphosarcoma with fractionated total body irradiation
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عنوان ژورنال: Cancer
سال: 1967
ISSN: 0008-543X,1097-0142
DOI: 10.1002/1097-0142(1967)20:4<482::aid-cncr2820200404>3.0.co;2-3