Rare gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GIST): omentum and retroperitoneum
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عنوان ژورنال: Translational Gastroenterology and Hepatology
سال: 2017
ISSN: 2415-1289
DOI: 10.21037/tgh.2017.12.07