Postinjury Primary Abdominal Compartment Syndrome
โ Scribed by Zsolt Balogh; Cino Bendinelli; Timothy Pollitt; Rosemary A. Kozar; Frederick A. Moore
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 2008
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 399 KB
- Volume
- 34
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1439-0590
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