Impact of vascular endothelial growth factor receptor 1, 2, and 3 expression on the outcome of patients with gastric cancer
โ Scribed by Yoshinori Hirashima; Yasuhide Yamada; Junichi Matsubara; Daisuke Takahari; Natsuko Okita; Atsuo Takashima; Ken Kato; Tetsuya Hamaguchi; Kuniaki Shirao; Yasuhiro Shimada; Hirokazu Taniguchi; Tadakazu Shimoda
- Book ID
- 108586356
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2009
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 301 KB
- Volume
- 100
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1347-9032
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