Submucosal resection of giant gastric lipoma
β Scribed by Yulia Zak; Blanche Biagini; Harvey Moore; Mark DeSantis; Bimal C. Ghosh
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2006
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 296 KB
- Volume
- 94
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0022-4790
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