Carcinoid tumor of the appendix: Ultrasound findings in two cases
β Scribed by Michel Rioux; Nathalie Duchesne; Paul Langis
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1994
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 739 KB
- Volume
- 22
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0091-2751
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