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What Is Riskier for the Patient with an Asymptomatic Large Hepatic Hemangioma: Observation or the Surgeon?

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D’Angelica, M. What Is Riskier for the Patient with an Asymptomatic Large Hepatic Hemangioma: Observation or the Surgeon?. World J Surg 37, 1313–1314 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00268-013-2042-5

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