Quantitative detection of disseminated cancer cells in the greater omentum of gastric carcinoma patients with real-time RT-PCR: a comparison with peritoneal lavage cytology
โ Scribed by Yasuhiro Kodera; Hayao Nakanishi; Seiji Ito; Yoshitaka Yamamura; Yukihide Kanemitsu; Yasuhiro Shimizu; Takashi Hirai; Kenzo Yasui; Tomoyuki Kato; Masae Tatematsu
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 2002
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 117 KB
- Volume
- 5
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1436-3291
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