Endocrine cells and prognosis in patients with colorectal carcinoma
β Scribed by Yoshinori Hamada; Akihito Oishi; Tetsuji Shoji; Hideho Takada; Manabu Yamamura; Koshiro Hioki; Masakatsu Yamamoto
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1992
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 687 KB
- Volume
- 69
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0008-543X
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