Laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy in the treatment of gastrointestinal stroma tumours in morbid obese patients

BMJ Case Reports

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages

  Wang, Yong ^a   Liu, Jingang ^a  

^a Shengjing Hospital   (China)

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EID: 84896523023     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1757790X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bcr.06.2008.0204     Document Type: Article

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