New method to evaluate the therapeutic value of lymph node dissection for gastric cancer
β Scribed by Professor M. Sasako; P. McCulloch; T. Kinoshita; K. Maruyama
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1995
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 635 KB
- Volume
- 82
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0007-1323
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