USEFULNESS OF MAGNIFYING ENDOSCOPY IN UPPER GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT: HISTORY AND RECENT STUDIES
β Scribed by Mototsugu Kato; Yuichi Shimizu; Souichi Nakagawa; Junji Yamamoto; Masahiro Asaka
- Book ID
- 110100200
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2005
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 544 KB
- Volume
- 17
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0915-5635
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