[Signet ring cell carcinoma of the ampulla of Vater]

Aurora Burgos García1, Eduardo Martín Arranz, Rafael Rey Sanz

  • 1Servicio de Aparato Digestivo, Hospital Universitario La Paz, Madrid, España. burgos.aurora@gmail.com

Gastroenterologia Y Hepatologia
|March 8, 2011
PubMed
Abstract

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