Effective palliative treatment of recurrent soft tissue sarcoma in a dog using imatinib mesylate (Gleevec<sup>®</sup>)
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عنوان ژورنال: Veterinární Medicína
سال: 2018
ISSN: 0375-8427,1805-9392
DOI: 10.17221/34/2018-vetmed