Abscess formation as a complication of a ruptured urachal cyst
โ Scribed by A. Turan Ilica; Oner Mentes; Serkan Gur; Murat Kocaoglu; Aslan Bilici; Hidayet Coban
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 2007
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 194 KB
- Volume
- 13
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1070-3004
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