Central nervous system involvement by ovarian carcinoma.A complication of prolonged survival with metastatic disease
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عنوان ژورنال: Cancer
سال: 1978
ISSN: 0008-543X,1097-0142
DOI: 10.1002/1097-0142(197802)41:2<776::aid-cncr2820410253>3.0.co;2-e