Conservative treatment of distal rectal cancer by local excision
โ Scribed by Jerome J. Decosse; Ronald J. Wong; Stuart H. Q. Quan; Neil B. Friedman; Stephen S. Sternberg
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1989
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 472 KB
- Volume
- 63
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0008-543X
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