Lymph node dissection in gastric cancer
β Scribed by J. J. Bonenkamp; C. J. H. van de Velde
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1995
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 236 KB
- Volume
- 82
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0007-1323
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