Surgical treatment of a rare primary renal carcinoid tumor with liver metastasis
β Scribed by Roberto Gedaly; Hoonbae Jeon; Thomas D Johnston; Patrick P McHugh; Randall G Rowland; Dinesh Ranjan
- Book ID
- 119903531
- Publisher
- BioMed Central
- Year
- 2008
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 734 KB
- Volume
- 6
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1477-7819
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