Pancreatic juice cytology in IPMN of the pancreas
โ Scribed by Yamaguchi, Koji; Nakamura, Masafumi; Shirahane, Kengo; Kawamoto, Masahiko; Konomi, Hiroyuki; Ohta, Masayuki; Tanaka, Masao; Longnecker, Daniel S.; Gonzalez, Jorge
- Book ID
- 125426732
- Publisher
- S. Karger AG
- Year
- 2005
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 146 KB
- Volume
- 5
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1424-3903
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