Treatment of metastatic epidural spinal cord compression: the Goldilocks principle.

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  • Joshua Jones
  • Erin McMenamin
  • Harry Quon
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عنوان ژورنال:
  • The journal of supportive oncology

دوره 9 4  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2011