Familial Pancreatic Cancer: Where Are We in 2003?
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Familial pancreatic cancer: where are we in 2003?
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عنوان ژورنال: JNCI Journal of the National Cancer Institute
سال: 2003
ISSN: 0027-8874,1460-2105
DOI: 10.1093/jnci/95.3.180