Cancer risk in patients with hereditary hemochromatosis and in their first-degree relatives
✍ Scribed by Maria Elmberg; Rolf Hultcrantz; Anders Ekbom; Lena Brandt; Sigvard Olsson; Rolf Olsson; Stefan Lindgren; Lars Lööf; Per Stål; Sven Wallerstedt; Sven Almer; Hanna Sandberg-Gertzén; Johan Askling
- Book ID
- 119757363
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 2003
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 165 KB
- Volume
- 125
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0016-5085
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