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Kovalenko Yu.A.

Federal state budgetary institution «A.A. Vishnevsky Institute of Surgery», Russian Ministry of Health (director: B.A. Kubyshkin, member of Russian Academy of Sciences]

Zharikov Yu.O.

Institute of Surgery named after A.V. Vishnevskiy, Moscow

Portal cholangiocarcinoma: epidemiology, staging principles and aspects of tumor biology

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Kovalenko Yu.A., Zharikov Yu.O.

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Journal: Pirogov Russian Journal of Surgery. 2017;(11): 85‑91

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To cite this article:

Kovalenko YuA, Zharikov YuO. Portal cholangiocarcinoma: epidemiology, staging principles and aspects of tumor biology. Pirogov Russian Journal of Surgery. 2017;(11):85‑91. (In Russ.)
https://doi.org/10.17116/hirurgia20171185-91

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