Management and surgical treatment for focal nodular hyperplasia in children
β Scribed by Yuan Yang; Siyuan Fu; Aijun Li; Weiping Zhou; Zeya Pan; Longjiu Cui; Gang Huang; Bowen Wu; Mengchao Wu
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag
- Year
- 2008
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 305 KB
- Volume
- 24
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0179-0358
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