Endoscopic laser therapy in the curative and palliative treatment of upper gastrointestinal cancer
β Scribed by Hiroaki Suzuki; Otomi Miho; Yutaka Watanabe; Masayuki Kohyama; Fusahiro Nagao
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 1989
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 692 KB
- Volume
- 13
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0364-2313
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