Cytokeratins 7 & 20 in the diagnosis of Barrett's esophgus (BE) with and without dysplasia
โ Scribed by Shen, Eric; Ovchinsky, Nadia; Wong, Roy Hk; Hirota, William K.; Baroni, Darren S.; Das, Kiron M.; Griffel, Loius H.
- Book ID
- 124114457
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 2001
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 332 KB
- Volume
- 120
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0016-5085
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