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Sphincter preservation in rectal cancer is associated with patients' socioeconomic status

✍ Scribed by L. I. Olsson; F. Granström; L. Påhlman

Publisher
John Wiley and Sons
Year
2010
Tongue
English
Weight
131 KB
Volume
97
Category
Article
ISSN
0007-1323

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