Seminars in Oncology
Volume 35, Issue 1 , Pages 17-24 , February 2008

Inflammatory Breast Cancer in Tunisia: Reassessment of Incidence and Clinicopathological Features

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doi: 10.1053/j.seminoncol.2007.11.017

Seminars in Oncology
Volume 35, Issue 1 , Pages 17-24 , February 2008

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