Circulating tumor cells in gastrointestinal cancer
β Scribed by Hiroya Takeuchi; Yuko Kitagawa
- Publisher
- Springer Japan
- Year
- 2009
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 210 KB
- Volume
- 17
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1868-6974
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