Palliative surgery for malignant gastrointestinal obstruction: A community hospital experience
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عنوان ژورنال: Annals of Cancer Research and Therapy
سال: 2019
ISSN: 1344-6835,1880-5469
DOI: 10.4993/acrt.27.80