A Familial Component to Human Rectal Cancer, Independent of Colon Cancer Risk
✍ Scribed by Maul, John Scott; Burt, Randall W.; Cannon–Albright, Lisa A.
- Book ID
- 123310271
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 2007
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 196 KB
- Volume
- 5
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1542-3565
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