Acrometastasis as the Initial Presentation of aKRAS-Positive Colon Cancer
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Acrometastasis as the Initial Presentation of a KRAS-Positive Colon Cancer
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عنوان ژورنال: Case Reports in Oncology
سال: 2012
ISSN: 1662-6575
DOI: 10.1159/000340011