Ileal Crohn's disease: MRI with endoscopic correlation
✍ Scribed by José C. Gallego; Ana I. Echarri; Ana Porta; Virginia Ollero
- Book ID
- 116440576
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 2011
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 621 KB
- Volume
- 80
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0720-048X
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