Reply to letter: "liberal resection for (presumed) sendai negative branch-duct IPMN-Also not harmless"

Annals of Surgery

Volumn 259, Issue 3, 2014, Pages

  Fritz, Stefan ^a   Werner, Jens ^a   Büchler, Markus W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARCINOMA, PANCREATIC DUCTAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PANCREATIC NEOPLASMS; PRECANCEROUS CONDITIONS;

EID: 84894049731     PISSN: 00034932     EISSN: 15281140     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SLA.0b013e3182a59c54     Document Type: Letter

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