Mesenteric lymphatic malformation associated with small-bowel volvulus – two cases and a review of the literature
✍ Scribed by Jeffrey Traubici, Alan Daneman, Paul Wales, David Gibbs, Annie Fecteau, Peter Kim
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag
- Year
- 2002
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 160 KB
- Volume
- 32
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0301-0449
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