Introduction to Big Data in Colorectal Surgery

Clin Colon Rectal Surg 2019; 32(01): 005-006
DOI: 10.1055/s-0038-1673347

Preface

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David A. Etzioni

¹Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science, College in Rochester, Minnesota

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