Mucinous ovarian carcinoma: Slippery business
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Mucinous epithelial ovarian carcinoma.
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Cancer
سال: 2010
ISSN: 0008-543X
DOI: 10.1002/cncr.25453