Reply to Professor Hermanek's comments on the new Japanese classification of gastric carcinoma
β Scribed by Mitsuru Sasako; Takashi Aiko
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 1999
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 53 KB
- Volume
- 2
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1436-3291
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