Reversal of flow in a normal variant of the portal vein
โ Scribed by Ohnami, Yuichi; Ishida, Hideaki; Uno, Atsushi; Konno, Kei; Naganuma, Hiroko; Masamune, Osamu
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1996
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 371 KB
- Volume
- 24
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0091-2751
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