Copper, zinc, and Cu/Zn ratio in carcinoma of the gallbladder
β Scribed by S.K. Gupta; S.P. Singh; V.K. Shukla
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2005
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 70 KB
- Volume
- 91
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0022-4790
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