Multiple primary malignancies in patients with sporadic pancreatic endocrine tumors
โ Scribed by Volker Fendrich; Jens Waldmann; Detlef K. Bartsch; Katja Schlosser; Matthias Rothmund; Berthold Gerdes
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2008
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 68 KB
- Volume
- 97
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0022-4790
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