Malignant teratoma of the left colon associated with chronic ulcerative colitis
✍ Scribed by Zalatnai, Attila ;Dubecz, S. ;Harka, I. ;B�nhidy, F.
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag
- Year
- 1987
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 553 KB
- Volume
- 411
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0174-7398
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