Adverse Events Following Digital Replantation in the Elderly
โ Scribed by Ario Barzin; Tina Hernandez-Boussard; Gordon K. Lee; Catherine Curtin
- Book ID
- 116656335
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 2011
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 322 KB
- Volume
- 36
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0363-5023
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