## Abstract ## BACKGROUND The correlation between diabetes mellitus and pancreatic carcinoma is well documented, but no criteria have been established for the efficient selection of a highβrisk group among patients with diabetes mellitus. ## METHODS Eightyβseven patients were selected prospectiv
Morphologic characteristics of pancreatic carcinoma with diabetes mellitus
β Scribed by Osamu Ishikawa; Hiroaki Ohhigashi; Akira Wada; Ryuhei Tateishi; Shingo Ishiguro; Yataka Okano; Yo Sasaki; Shingi Imaoka; Hiroki Koyama; Takeshi Iwanaga
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1989
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 771 KB
- Volume
- 64
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0008-543X
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