Carcinogenesis

Current Opinion in Gastroenterology

Volumn 15, Issue SUPPL. 1, 1999, Pages

  Rokkas, Theodore ^a,c   Wotherspoon, Andrew ^b  

^a 401 GENERAL MILITARY HOSPITAL OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b ROYAL MARSDEN HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c NONE   (Greece)

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EID: 0002311754     PISSN: 02671379     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
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