Local excision with adjuvant imatinib therapy for anorectal gastrointestinal stromal tumors
✍ Scribed by Centonze, D.; Pulvirenti, E.; Pulvirenti D’Urso, A.; Franco, S.; Cinardi, N.; Giannone, G.
- Book ID
- 125352843
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 2013
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 356 KB
- Volume
- 17
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1123-6337
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