Limitations and pitfalls of transrectal ultrasonography for staging of rectal cancer
โ Scribed by Takayuki Akasu; Kenichi Sugihara; Yoshihiro Moriya; Shin Fujita
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 1997
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 690 KB
- Volume
- 40
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0012-3706
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