The pattern of lymph node metastasis and the suitability of 7th UICC N stage in predicting prognosis of remnant gastric cancer
β Scribed by Fangxuan Li; Rupeng Zhang; Han Liang; Hui Liu; Jichuan Quan; Jingzhu Zhao
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag
- Year
- 2011
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 221 KB
- Volume
- 138
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1432-1335
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