A Case of Gastro-Intestinal Stromal Tumor Which had Multiple Liver Metastases
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عنوان ژورنال: Yamaguchi Medical Journal
سال: 2012
ISSN: 0513-1731,1880-4462
DOI: 10.2342/ymj.61.51