Completely isolated alimentary tract duplication in a neonate
โ Scribed by Tatsuya Okamoto; Shigeru Takamizawa; Akiko Yokoi; Shiiki Satoh; Eiji Nishijima
- Book ID
- 106057129
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag
- Year
- 2008
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 173 KB
- Volume
- 24
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0179-0358
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