Review of the Gastrointestinal Tract: From Macro to Micro

Seminars in Oncology Nursing

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 3-14

  Reed, Kathleen K ^a   Wickham, Rita ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

epidermal growth factor; Gastrointestinal tract; malignant transformation; targeted therapy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; GASTROINTESTINAL TUMOR; GENETICS; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; NURSING; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

GASTROINTESTINAL NEOPLASMS; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; HUMANS;

EID: 59849120427     PISSN: 07492081     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.soncn.2008.10.002     Document Type: Article

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