Significance of allogenic blood transfusion on decreased survival in patients with esophageal carcinoma
โ Scribed by Tadahiro Nozoe; Mitsuhiro Miyazaki; Hiroshi Saeki; Takefumi Ohga; Keizo Sugimachi
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2001
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 79 KB
- Volume
- 92
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0008-543X
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