Osteopathic Family Physician
Volume 4, Issue 1 , Pages 13-17 , January 2012

Skin as a site of metastasis

  • Stephanie Aldret, DO

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author: Stephanie Aldret, DO, Oklahoma State University, Family Medicine, 2345 Southwest Boulevard, Tulsa, OK 74107
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  • Lora Cotton, DO

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PII: S1877-573X(11)00176-6

doi: 10.1016/j.osfp.2011.09.005

Osteopathic Family Physician
Volume 4, Issue 1 , Pages 13-17 , January 2012

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