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A systematic review on the clinical diagnosis of gastrointestinal stromal tumors

✍ Scribed by Marco Scarpa; Matteo Bertin; Cesare Ruffolo; Lino Polese; Davide F. D'Amico; Imerio Angriman

Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
Year: 2008
Tongue: English
Weight: 118 KB
Volume: 98
Category: Article
ISSN: 0022-4790
DOI: 10.1002/jso.21120

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