What is the hereditary non-polyposis colorectal cancer syndrome?
✍ Scribed by Judith Balmaña; Joan Brunet; Carlos Pericay; Gabriel Capellà; Miguel ángel Peinado; Ignacio Blanco; Juan José López López; Eugenio Marcuello
- Publisher
- Springer Milan
- Year
- 2000
- Tongue
- Spanish
- Weight
- 487 KB
- Volume
- 2
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1699-048X
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