Alterations in colonic mucosal lesions in patients with portal hypertension
โ Scribed by Nabeel El Kady; Sherif Hamdy; Naglaa Zayed; Mohamad Mostafa; Mohamad Shaaban; Dina Omar
- Book ID
- 119184290
- Publisher
- Elsevier
- Year
- 2009
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 267 KB
- Volume
- 10
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1687-1979
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