Abdominal compartment syndrome
โ Scribed by Scott T. Reeves; Mark L. Pinosky; T. Karl Byrne; E. Douglas Norcross
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag
- Year
- 1997
- Tongue
- French
- Weight
- 397 KB
- Volume
- 44
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1496-8975
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