Diagnosis of primary hepatic carcinoid tumor: report of one case
β Scribed by Wentao Kong; Yudong Qiu; Weiwei Zhang; Chen Jun; Xinhua Zhu; Junlan Qiu; Yitao Ding
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 2008
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 239 KB
- Volume
- 7
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1610-1979
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