Presentation and Initial Evaluation of Colorectal Cancer

Early Diagnosis and Treatment of Cancer Series: Colorectal Cancer

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 13-19

  Tsai, Susan ^a   Gearhart, Susan L ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

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EID: 84882837840     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-1-4160-4686-8.50007-5     Document Type: Chapter

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