Forward-viewing radial-array echoendoscope for staging of colon cancer beyond the rectum
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عنوان ژورنال: World Journal of Gastroenterology
سال: 2014
ISSN: 1007-9327
DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v20.i10.2681