A case of primary extramedullary plasmacytoma of the colon
โ Scribed by Arturo Lattuneddu; Fulvio Farneti; Enrico Lucci; Domenico Garcea; Sonia Ronconi; Luca Saragoni
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 2004
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 79 KB
- Volume
- 19
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0179-1958
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