Urinary polyamine levels in patients with gastrointestinal malignancy
โ Scribed by Allan Lipton; Linda Sheehan; Harold A. Harvey
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2006
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 225 KB
- Volume
- 36
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0008-543X
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