Risk and risk reduction of major coronary events associated with contemporary breast radiotherapy.
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Author Affiliations:Department of EmergencyMedicine, University of California, San Francisco (Brownell, Hsia); medical student, School of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco (Wang); Division of Geriatrics, Department of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco (Smith); Geriatrics, Palliative and Extended Care, San Francisco Veterans Affairs Medical Center (Smith, Stephens); Department of Community Health Systems, University of California, San Francisco (Stephens).
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- JAMA internal medicine
دوره 174 1 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2014