Electrochemotherapy as a new therapeutic strategy in advanced Merkel cell carcinoma of head and neck region
By: Daniele Scelsi, Niccolò Mevio, Giulia Bertino, Antonio Occhini, Valeria Brazzelli, Patrizia Morbini and Marco Benazzo
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Language: English
Page range: 366 - 369
Published on: Oct 8, 2013
Published by: Association of Radiology and Oncology
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