Clinical Significance of Lymph Node Micrometastasis in Ampullary Carcinoma
β Scribed by Eiko Sakata; Yoshio Shirai; Naoyuki Yokoyama; Toshifumi Wakai; Jun Sakata; Katsuyoshi Hatakeyama
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 2006
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 330 KB
- Volume
- 30
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0364-2313
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