Mistletoe for cancer?
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Mistletoe Extract in the Palliation of End Stage Cancer
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عنوان ژورنال: International Journal of Cancer
سال: 2003
ISSN: 0020-7136,1097-0215
DOI: 10.1002/ijc.11386