Corrigendum: Laparoscopic Distal Gastrectomy for Gastric Cancer in Morbidly Obese Patients in South Korea
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[This corrects the article on p. 187 in vol. 14, PMID: 25328764.].
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Laparoscopic Distal Gastrectomy for Gastric Cancer in Morbidly Obese Patients in South Korea
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دوره 14 شماره
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تاریخ انتشار 2014