Lymph Node Micrometastases in Early Gastric Cancer and Their Impact on Prognosis
โ Scribed by Paolo Morgagni; Luca Saragoni; Emanuela Scarpi; Pier Sante Zattini; Alberto Zaccaroni; Diana Morgagni; Francesca Bazzocchi
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 2003
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 130 KB
- Volume
- 27
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0364-2313
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