Association of HNPCC and endometrial cancers
β Scribed by Kouji Banno; Nobuyuki Susumu; Megumi Yanokura; Takeshi Hirao; Takashi Iwata; Akira Hirasawa; Daisuke Aoki; Kokichi Sugano; Shiro Nozawa
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 2004
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 457 KB
- Volume
- 9
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1341-9625
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