Liver surgery for metastases: Clinical results
β Scribed by Gian Massimo Gazzaniga; Luigi A. Cogolo; Enrico Ciferri; Claudio Pestarino
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1991
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 393 KB
- Volume
- 48
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0022-4790
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