Lymph node involvement in ampullary cancer: The importance of the number, ratio, and location of metastatic nodes
โ Scribed by Marek Sierzega; Krystyna Nowak; Jan Kulig; Andrzej Matyja; Wojciech Nowak; Tadeusz Popiela
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2009
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 95 KB
- Volume
- 100
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0022-4790
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