Validation of staging systems for gastric cancer
โ Scribed by Keishi Yamashita; Shinichi Sakuramoto; Shiroh Kikuchi; Natsuya Katada; Nobuyuki Kobayashi; Masahiko Watanabe
- Book ID
- 106281077
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 2008
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 486 KB
- Volume
- 11
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1436-3291
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