Metastases to the stomach: clinicopathologic features of metastases mimicking gastric primaries
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عنوان ژورنال: Turkish Journal of Pathology
سال: 2021
ISSN: 1018-5615,1309-5730
DOI: 10.5146/tjpath.2021.01529