Popliteal Artery Aneurysms
β Scribed by Lazar B. Davidovic; Slobodan I. Lotina; Dusan M. Kostic; Ilijas S. Cinara; Slobodan D. Cvetkovic; Dragan M. Markovic; Bojan R. Vojnovic
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 1998
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 355 KB
- Volume
- 22
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0364-2313
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