Combating ovarian cancer with salpingo-oophorectomy

Contemporary Ob/Gyn

Volumn 51, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 86-92

  Chen, Lee May ^a   Powell, C Bethan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 33845736993     PISSN: 00903159     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
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