No Impact of Perioperative Blood Transfusion on Recurrence of Hepatocellular Carcinoma after Hepatectomy
โ Scribed by Shintaro Kuroda; Hirotaka Tashiro; Tsuyoshi Kobayashi; Akihiko Oshita; Hironobu Amano; Hideki Ohdan
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 2012
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 269 KB
- Volume
- 36
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0364-2313
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