Origin and incidence of xiphoid branch of the internal thoracic artery
β Scribed by N. Lachman; K. S. Satyapal
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 2000
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 253 KB
- Volume
- 21
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0930-1038
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