Selective or total shunts for variceal bleeding
โ Scribed by Bernard Langer; Bryce R. Taylor; Paul D. Greig
- Book ID
- 117024744
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 1990
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 548 KB
- Volume
- 160
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0002-9610
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