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. 2016 Apr-Jun;29(2):101-2.
doi: 10.20524/aog.2016.0002.

Pancreatic surgery in the elderly: overcoming the prejudices

Christos Agalianos  1 , Christos Dervenis  2
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Pancreatic surgery in the elderly: overcoming the prejudices

Christos Agalianos et al. Ann Gastroenterol. 2016 Apr-Jun.
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