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Original Article

Bilateral testicular germ cell tumors in patients treated for clinical stage I non-seminoma within two risk-adapted SWENOTECA protocols

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Pages 493-499 | Received 06 May 2014, Accepted 05 Aug 2014, Published online: 22 Mar 2015

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