A review of the most relevant clinical data of patients with primary carcinoma of the gall bladder referred to our hospital over a 16-yearperiod has indicated that this is the third most common and aggressive cancer of the gastrointestinal tract. The disease occurs predominantly in elderly females w
Primary carcinoma of the gallbladder: A review of a 16-year experience at the waterbury hospital health center
โ Scribed by Chih Jung Shieh; Edward Dunn; John E. Standard
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1981
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 819 KB
- Volume
- 47
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0008-543X
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