Barrett’s Esophagus: Model of Neoplastic Progression
✍ Scribed by Stig Ramel
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 2003
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 81 KB
- Volume
- 27
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0364-2313
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