Biliary carcinoembryonic antigen in the diagnosis of occult hepatic metastases from colorectal cancer
โ Scribed by Giovanni Li Destri; Roberto Curreri; Raffaele Lanteri; Giuseppe Gagliano; Margherita Rodolico; Antonio Di Cataldo; Stefano Puleo
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2002
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 73 KB
- Volume
- 81
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0022-4790
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