Undernutrition is predictive of early mortality after palliative self-expanding metal stent insertion in patients with inoperable or recurrent esophageal cancer
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- 31 October 2006
- journal article
- Published by Elsevier BV in Gastrointestinal Endoscopy
- Vol. 64 (4), 479-484
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gie.2006.03.930
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