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Preventive surgery for colon cancer in familial adenomatous polyposis and hereditary nonpolyposis colorectal cancer syndrome

✍ Scribed by Gabriela Möslein; Steffen Pistorius; Hans-Detlev Saeger; Hans K. Schackert


Publisher
Springer
Year
2003
Tongue
English
Weight
154 KB
Volume
388
Category
Article
ISSN
1435-2451

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