Contribution of endoscopy to diagnosis and treatment of tumors of the ampulla of vater
✍ Scribed by Thierry Ponchon; Françoise Berger; Annick Chavaillon; Roger Bory; René Lambert
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1989
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 753 KB
- Volume
- 64
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0008-543X
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