The efficacy of additional metformin to aspirin for human rectal aberrant crypt foci: double-blinded randomized controlled trial
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DISEASE(S): Colorectal Neoplasm,Colorectal Adenoma, Carcinoma In Situ
PROVIDER: 2614093 | ecrin-mdr-crc |
REPOSITORIES: ECRIN MDR
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