The role of lymph node surgery in gastric cancer
β Scribed by Yoshio Mishima; Renzo Hirayama
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 1987
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 848 KB
- Volume
- 11
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0364-2313
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