Surgical intervention for imatinib and sunitinib-resistant gastrointestinal stromal tumors
β Scribed by Hirotoshi Kikuchi; Tomohiko Setoguchi; Shinichiro Miyazaki; Masayoshi Yamamoto; Manabu Ohta; Kinji Kamiya; Takanori Sakaguchi; Hiroyuki Konno
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 2011
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 593 KB
- Volume
- 16
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1341-9625
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