Cholecystectomy not confirmed as a risk factor for pancreatic cancer
β Scribed by Gary D. Friedman
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1995
- Tongue
- French
- Weight
- 148 KB
- Volume
- 61
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0020-7136
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