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Metadata
Title
Surgery of rectal cancer: still not a science
Author
Federico Bozzetti
Publication date
01-05-2004
Publisher
Springer-Verlag
Published in
International Journal of Colorectal Disease / Issue 3/2004
Print ISSN: 0179-1958
Electronic ISSN: 1432-1262
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00384-003-0542-8

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