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An Orthotopic Resectional Mouse Model of Pancreatic Cancer
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[Embryonal malformation suggests malignant tumor in the tail of the pancreas]
E H Allemeyer1, F Fischer2, B Heitkötter3
1Klinik für Allgemein- und Viszeralchirurgie mit Sektion Proktologie, Raphaelsklinik Münster, Loerstraße 23, 48143, Münster, Deutschland. e.allemeyer@alexianer.de.
Der Chirurg; Zeitschrift Fur Alle Gebiete Der Operativen Medizen
|October 26, 2017
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