CLINICAL SIGNIFICANCE OF PREOPERATIVE SERUM IL-6 LEVELS IN GASTRIC CARCINOMA WITH LYMPH NODE METASTASIS

Year 2010, Volume: 7 Issue: 4, 410 - 413, 01.12.2010

Ahu Sarbay Kemik Ozgür Kemik İsmail Hasırcı Ahmet Cumhur Dulger Mine Adas Sevim Purisa Sefa Tuzun

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CLINICAL SIGNIFICANCE OF PREOPERATIVE SERUM IL-6 LEVELS IN GASTRIC CARCINOMA WITH LYMPH NODE METASTASIS

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