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K Fu1, H Ikematsu, T Fujii

  • 1Division of Gastrointestinal Oncology and Digestive Endoscopy, National Cancer Center Hospital East, Kashiwa, Chiba, Japan.

Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology
|August 14, 2008
PubMed
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