‘Polymer pigments’ in human pigment gallstones
✍ Scribed by U. Wosiewitz; S. Schroebler
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 1978
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 487 KB
- Volume
- 65
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0028-1042
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