Faecal Incontinence in the Elderly Diabetic Patient
✍ Scribed by Ingo Füsgen; Hans-Jürgen Gruss
- Publisher
- Springer Vienna
- Year
- 2003
- Tongue
- German
- Weight
- 67 KB
- Volume
- 153
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0043-5341
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