Radical surgery for gastric cancer. A review of the Japanese experience
โ Scribed by Murray F. Brennan
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1989
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 97 KB
- Volume
- 64
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0008-543X
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