Acute colonic diverticulitis: CT or ultrasound?
โ Scribed by Jean-Michel Bruel
- Book ID
- 113030041
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 2003
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 95 KB
- Volume
- 13
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0938-7994
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