Idiopathic perforation of the sigmoid colon in Japan
โ Scribed by Yoh Kasahara; Hiroki Matsumoto; Hiroya Umemura; Sei Shirafa; Takeshi Kuyama
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 1981
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 423 KB
- Volume
- 5
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0364-2313
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