Commentary: does rectal endosonography influence rectal cancer treatment?
β Scribed by P. R. Hawley
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 1986
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 241 KB
- Volume
- 1
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0179-1958
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