A Pancreatic Anaplastic Carcinoma of Spindle-Cell Form
β Scribed by Uenishi, Takahiro ;Hirohashi, Kazuhiro ;Kubo, Shoji ;Hamba, Hiroyuki ;Ikebe, Takashi ;Yamamoto, Takatsugu ;Tanaka, Hiromu ;Wakasa, Kenichi ;Haba, Tomoko ;Kinoshita, Hiroaki
- Book ID
- 111638746
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 1999
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 153 KB
- Volume
- 26
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1537-3649
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