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Carcinoid tumor of the extrahepatic bile duct: report of a case

✍ Scribed by Takeo Yasuda, Gen Imai, Masako Takemoto…

Book ID
120960467
Publisher
Springer Japan
Year
2013
Tongue
English
Weight
926 KB
Volume
6
Category
Article
ISSN
1865-7257

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