Clinical evaluation of urolithiasis in Crohn's disease
β Scribed by Genichi Ishii; Kouichi Nakajima; Norie Tanaka; Hiroshi Hara; Moriaki Kato; Nobuhisa Ishii
- Book ID
- 108977955
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2009
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 133 KB
- Volume
- 16
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0919-8172
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