Clinical Value of Diagnostic Laparoscopy with Laparoscopic Ultrasound in Patients with Cancer of the Esophagus or Cardia

Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 167-173

  Stein, H J ^a,b   Kraemer, S J M ^a   Feussner, H ^a   Fink, U ^a   Siewert, J R ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

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EID: 0001448199     PISSN: 1091255X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1091-255X(97)80105-9     Document Type: Article

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