A case of metastatic esophageal tumor from breast cancer
โ Scribed by Kaoru Sakamoto; Shin-ichi Kosugi; Yu Koyama; Tatsuo Kanda; Atsushi Matsuki; Katsuyoshi Hatakeyama
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 2010
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 481 KB
- Volume
- 7
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1612-9059
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