Metastatic hypopharyngeal and esophageal cancer to a percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy site
โ Scribed by Naruo Kawasaki; Yutaka Suzuki; Takakuni Kato; Kazuto Tsuboi; Akira Matsumoto; Hideyuki Kashiwagi
- Book ID
- 106328078
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 2008
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 200 KB
- Volume
- 5
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1612-9059
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