Relaitonship between area of serosal invasion and prognosis in patient with gastric carcinoma
โ Scribed by Nobuaki Kaibara; Yasuo Iitsuka; Akihiko Kimura; Yoko Kobayashi; Yasuaki Hirooka; Hideaki Nishidoi; Shigemasa Koga
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1987
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 341 KB
- Volume
- 60
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0008-543X
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