Delay of surgery in acute appendicitis
โ Scribed by Samuel Eldar; Ernest Nash; Edmond Sabo; Ibrahim Matter; Joshua Kunin; Jorge G. Mogilner; Jack Abrahamson
- Book ID
- 117025972
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 1997
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 587 KB
- Volume
- 173
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0002-9610
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