Atypical Presentation of Hepatocellular Carcinoma Mimicking a Gastric Hepatoid Adenocarcinoma
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عنوان ژورنال: Medicine
سال: 2015
ISSN: 0025-7974
DOI: 10.1097/md.0000000000001101