Squamous cell carcinoma of the esophagus after partial gastrectomy
โ Scribed by Mitsuo Tachibana; Shunsichi Abe; Hiroshi Yoshimura; Kenji Suzuki; Hiroshi Matsuura; N Nagasue; Teruhisa Nakamura
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 1995
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 267 KB
- Volume
- 10
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0179-051X
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