Carcinoma prostate presenting as pleural effusion with metastatic pleural mass.

نویسندگان

  • A Gogia
  • P K Agarwal
  • N Vasdev
  • V P Sachar
چکیده

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • Journal of postgraduate medicine

دوره 50 4  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2004