Octreotide for treatment of postoperative alimentary tract fistulas
β Scribed by Haim Paran; David Neufeld; Ofer Kaplan; Joseph Klausner; Uri Freund
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 1995
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 489 KB
- Volume
- 19
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0364-2313
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