Laparoscopic Findings of the Liver of Adult T cell Leukemia with Hepatic Injury— A Case Report
✍ Scribed by Takaharu SADAMOTO; Naoya YOSHIDA; Minoru SHIBATA; Yasukiyo SUMINO; Tadashi OKADA; Genichiro SATO; Yukihisa UENO; Motonobu SUGIMOTO; Toru ABEI; Hiroko NONAKA
- Book ID
- 119840246
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1993
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 635 KB
- Volume
- 5
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0915-5635
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