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Comment
. 2003 Apr;237(4):594-5; author reply 595-6.
doi: 10.1097/00000658-200304000-00024.

Comment and perspective on Sewnath and colleagues' recent meta-analysis of the efficacy of preoperative biliary drainage for tumors causing obstructive jaundice

Peter W T Pisters, Jeffrey E Lee, J Nicolas Vauthey, Douglas B Evans
Comment

Comment and perspective on Sewnath and colleagues' recent meta-analysis of the efficacy of preoperative biliary drainage for tumors causing obstructive jaundice

Peter W T Pisters et al. Ann Surg. 2003 Apr.
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