Photodynamic Therapy: Establishing Its Role in Palliation of Advanced Esophageal Cancer
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Photodynamic Therapy: Establishing Its Role in Palliation of Advanced Esophageal Cancer
Copyright © 2012 The Korean Association of Internal Medicine This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/) which permits unrestricted noncommercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. Received : August 20, 2012 Acce...
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عنوان ژورنال: The Korean Journal of Internal Medicine
سال: 2012
ISSN: 1226-3303,2005-6648
DOI: 10.3904/kjim.2012.27.3.271