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Gastroenterology Research and Practice
Volume 2014 (2014), Article ID 125038, 9 pages
Gastric Cancer in the Young: Is It a Different Clinical Entity? A Retrospective Cohort Study
1Department of Surgery, Clinica Chirurgica, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria, Presidio Policlinico di Monserrato, Blocco G, SS 554, km 4,500, 09042 Monserrato, Italy
2Clinica Chirurgica, University of Cagliari, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria, Presidio Policlinico di Monserrato, Blocco G, SS 554 km 4, 500-09042 Monserrato, Italy
Received 18 November 2013; Revised 30 December 2013; Accepted 30 December 2013; Published 13 February 2014
Academic Editor: Antoni Castells
Copyright © 2014 Adolfo Pisanu et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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